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DHS picks fight with world-renowned chef over conditions in camps

The Department of Homeland Security got into a public internet feud with globally-renowned celebrity chef and World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés, who demanded transparency about what's really going on at an infamous detention facility in New Jersey.

Andrés, who has worked to feed hungry people around the world and is a key figure trying to deliver aid in the Gaza crisis, has clashed with President Donald Trump and his allies in the past.

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DHS on the lookout for prankster who set up fake ICE tipline: report

The Department of Homeland Security is warning that a prankster set up a fake tipline to expose people who are trying to report immigrants.

Nashville-based comedian Ben Palmer set up a parody website where people could supposedly turn in immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to reporting by the Guardian.

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DHS withheld murder warrant — then lied that judge knowingly freed suspect: expert

The Trump administration withheld information from a Biden judge and let a lie spread that she knowingly freed a murder suspect, according to a legal expert.

Harry Litman, former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, called out the Department of Homeland Security in a piece on Thursday. DHS, the parent agency of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, posted a press release headlined, "Activist Biden judge releases violent criminal illegal alien wanted for murder."

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Swing state Dems demand DHS halt ICE detention center

Five Michigan Democratic lawmakers, led by Rep. Haley Stevens, sent a letter Thursday to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin opposing a planned Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Romulus, Michigan.

The bipartisan opposition includes Stevens, Debbie Dingell, Hillary Scholten, Kristen McDonald Rivet, and Shri Thanedar, joining Rep. Rashida Tlaib's efforts against the facility.

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DHS chief's comments about Mayor Zohran Mamdami met with disdain

The Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin faced criticism after attacking New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a press conference.

Mullin said neither gets along, and added, "It's shameful, and hopefully people in New York will wise up and get a true leader in there in a few years."

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'Hopefully they learned their lesson': Rural Georgia town bashes DHS's attempted takeover

An elected official in a small, rural town in east Georgia bashed President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security after local residents defeated the department's attempt to turn a local warehouse into one of the nation's largest deportation centers, according to a new report.

Trump's DHS had planned to open a 10,000-person deportation facility in Social Circle, Georgia, which is about an hour drive east of Atlanta, until local leaders like city manager Eric Taylor decided to fight back. In February, Taylor shut off water to the warehouse Trump's DHS had purchased for the center. He has also reached out to Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, both Democrats, and Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA), who is running against Ossoff in the November election, to help stop the Trump administration's scheme, the Guardian reported.

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DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin refuses to commit to complying with federal court orders

Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, Secretary Markwayne Mullin refused to commit to complying with federal court orders.

During a tense Senate Appropriations hearing Tuesday, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, pressed Mullin four times to confirm DHS would follow court directives to halt illegal or unconstitutional conduct.

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Fiery clash breaks out as Trump DHS chief cornered on 'pattern' of mistruths

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) clashed with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Tuesday during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing over what Van Hollen described as a "pattern" of mistruths from DHS.

Van Hollen challenged Mullin about previous statements former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem made about cases involving Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, an immigrant in Maryland who was wrongfully deported to El Salvador last year, and Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who was shot and killed by immigration agents during a confrontation with Border Patrol agents amid protests in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this year. Van Hollen claimed there was a "pattern" of untruths offered by the previous DHS administration.

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