Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
146 Articles
Experts React: Unpacking the Biden Administration’s New Efforts on AI
Top experts reflect on what the Biden administration's new executive order means for the future of AI and efforts to regulate it.
Biden’s Executive Order on AI Gives Sweeping Mandate to DHS
The Biden administration's new executive order gives the DHS a wide-ranging portfolio of responsibilities related to artificial intelligence.
DHS Must Evaluate and Overhaul its Flawed Automated Systems
The DHS's automated systems must be evaluated to determine whether they contain sufficient safeguards to protect civil rights and privacy.
Afghan Evacuation and Resettlement: Two Years Later There’s Still Work To Do
U.S. allies evacuated from Afghanistan still need support as they work against deadlines and bureaucracy. Congress can help.
FBI, DHS Failed to Take Jan. 6 Threats Seriously, Senate Report Says
Despite receiving intelligence that threatened an attack on the U.S. Capitol, intelligence agencies downplayed the risk of violence.
How DHS is Fueling Georgia’s “Terrorism” Crackdown on Cop City Protests
The charging of Cop City protestors as domestic terrorists highlights the dangerous manner in which the federal government’s DVE policies are playing out on the ground – interacting…
DHS’s Newest Target: Atlanta “Cop City” Activists
Homeland security organizations are injecting federal spy agencies into local political matters, often without meaningful restrictions.
DHS Intelligence Rearranges the Deck Chairs—Again
The new realignment of the DHS Office of Intelligence & Analysis fails to address the agency's fundamental problems.
U.S. Domestic Terrorism Prosecutions: The Reality Behind the Government’s Inflated Numbers
U.S. policymakers and the public need to better understand the extent, nature, and efficacy of domestic terrorism prosecutions.
How Democratic Govts Become Complicit in Transnational Repression: Another Rwanda-US Case
In this one, the US government may have fallen prey to disinformation planted by an autocratic regime, and the pattern isn't rare.
Republicans Are Calling to Impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Here’s Why Their Case is Bunk
The arguments to impeach Sec. Mayorkas boil down to disapproval of the Biden administration’s relaxation of Trump-era immigration policies.
Oversight Reports Raise Questions About Value of DHS Counterterrorism Efforts
Twenty years after DHS was cobbled together in the wake of 9/11, it’s time to seriously examine which of its programs really protect us.