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E.T. Secrets Hide Beneath Ice On Earth, Scientists Say

Posted 05.29.2012

Microbes living at the edges of Arctic ice sheets could help researchers pinpoint evidence for similar microorganisms that may have evolved on Mars,...

Sheriff Accused Of Suggesting Domestic Abuse Victims For Deportation

Posted 05.22.2012

According to a release today from the American Civil Liberties Union, the Garfield County Sheriff's Office in Colorado has been turning over domestic ...

Elise Foley

Disappointed Democrats Fight Obama On Immigration -- And Campaign For Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.14.2012

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), one of President Barack Obama's most vocal critics on immigration, was sitting at dinner with his family a...

WATCH: Immigrant Moms Beg To Stay In The US

Posted 05.10.2012

There may not be anything more painful than a mother having to say goodbye to her child. And yet that is the predicament that many mothers, includi...

Janell Ross

Whistleblowers Face Deportation

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 05.08.2012

In September 2008, Hurricanes Ike and Gustav ravaged cities along the Texas coast. Ambitious contractors and those just eager to help went looking for...

ICE's Collateral Damage in an Ironic Sex Trafficking Raid

Subhash Kateel | Posted 05.04.2012

Subhash Kateel

Does one of the largest law enforcement agencies, with programs and operations with names like "Secure Communities" and "Community Shield," really care about the communities it is "securing" and shielding?

Ex-ICE Intelligence Chief Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

Andrew Becker | Posted 05.01.2012

Andrew Becker

A former chief of intelligence for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pleaded guilty today to embezzlement charges stemming from a travel voucher fraud and kickback scheme that has cost the government more than $600,000.

Tips Every Home Bartender Should Know

The Daily Meal | Posted 04.30.2012

The Daily Meal

Spending even just a couple of minutes watching the bartending wizards behind today's best cocktail dens is enough to make any aspiring home bartender feel a little inadequate.

Elise Foley

Critics Unimpressed With Changes To U.S. Program To Deport Undocumented Immigrants

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.27.2012

WASHINGTON -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday announced a policy change for its Secure Communities program, hoping to address concerns r...

Why Is Homeland Security Cracking Down On Flea Markets?

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 04.24.2012

Could this be the end of the local flea market? In an effort to crack down on counterfeiting, the Department of Homeland Security has begun targeti...

Ex-ICE Intelligence Chief Charged With Embezzlement

Andrew Becker | Posted 04.22.2012

Andrew Becker

A former intelligence chief for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is accused of embezzling more than $180,000 stemming from a travel voucher fraud and kickback scheme that has defrauded the government of more than $500,000.

Jorge Steven Acuña Opens Up About Being Detained By ICE

Voto Latino | Posted 04.19.2012

Voto Latino

I realize now that far too often we as humans do nothing for the injustices around us. My friends went against all odds and fought for something they believed was unjust.

Elise Foley

Immigrants Near U.S.-Canada Border Fear Racial Profiling

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.18.2012

WASHINGTON -- Immigrants and minorities who live near the U.S. northern border are fearful of Customs and Border Protection agents, accusing them of r...

Elise Foley

Homeland Security Didn't Mean To Deceive Communities -- But Did, Inspector Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.09.2012

WASHINGTON -- Two years ago, the Department of Homeland Security began an immigration enforcement program called Secure Communities, designed to find ...

Skiing To The South Pole

James M. Clash | Posted 04.04.2012

James M. Clash

There are crazies that climb into a steaming sauna, then head outside to run around the ceremonial pole marker naked as soon as the temperature dips beneath 100 below.

Elise Foley

Thousands Arrested In Immigration Operation

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.02.2012

WASHINGTON -- As Republicans accuse the Obama administration of shirking its responsibilities on immigration enforcement, the agency responsible for i...

Elise Foley

Immigrant Detention TOO Nice, House Republicans Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 03.29.2012

WASHINGTON -- To some Republicans in Congress, U.S. immigration detention facilities sound like resorts. That was the premise of a hearing Wednesd...

ICE's Detention Reform Promises - A Second Look

Human Rights First | Posted 05.28.2012

Human Rights First

By Ruthie Epstein Refugee Protection Program My drive back from Karnes County, Texas, to San Antonio, two weeks ago, was long and empty. Not long by ...

Repress U, Class of 2012: 7 Steps to a Homeland Security Campus

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.23.2012

Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Since 9/11, the homeland security state has come to campus just as it has come to America's towns and cities, its places of work and its houses of worship, its public space and its cyberspace.

Undocumented Youth Rally At Immigration Headquarters

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 03.14.2012

A group of high school and college students rallied outside regional headquarters for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Detroit Wednes...

ICE Pledge on Immigration Detention Tested Today at Karnes Facility

Human Rights First | Posted 05.13.2012

Human Rights First

Karnes County, I hope, will provide a new model for more appropriate detention conditions -- a model that will mean little if it is not just a first step in transforming all facilities where ICE holds immigrants.

Elise Foley

ICE Director: 'Draconion' To Suspending Program Under Investigation For Racial Profiling

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 03.08.2012

WASHINGTON -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton said Thursday that the agency has no plans to suspend a controversial program t...

Coach Sues Swap Shop Over Handbag Fakes

Posted 03.06.2012

Fashion giant Coach is fed up with the amount of handbag knock-offs for sale at Fort Lauderdale's Swap Shop, the Sun Sentinel reports. On Friday, C...

Secure Communities: The Real Cost of Failed Immigration Policy

Voto Latino | Posted 05.02.2012

Voto Latino

Interaction with law enforcement can make an undocumented, documented immigrants and even US Citizens--vulnerable to additional scrutiny from ICE and even deportation.

Office Shooting Just The Latest In A Series Of Black Eyes For ICE

AP | ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 04.19.2012

WASHINGTON — The deadly office shooting in California involving a federal immigrations supervisor and a special agent is the latest mark against...