In Texas Flooding, FEMA Asks ‘All Citizens to Get Involved’ to Help

Calling Hurricane Harvey a “landmark event for Texas” and with more rain to come, the FEMA administrator urged Americans to do what they can to help rescue efforts.

Border Agents Test Facial Scans to Track Those Overstaying Visas

By RON NIXON August 1, 2017 WASHINGTON — On a recent morning, passengers boarding Emirates flight 232 from Washington Dulles airport to Dubai confronted an unfamiliar sight: a uniformed Customs and Border Protection officer at the gate. Before...

Coast Guard Still Supports Transgender Troops, Commandant Says

Adm. Paul Zukunft said he remained committed to “our people right now,” despite President Trump’s statement that transgender people were not welcome in the military.

Homeland Security to Bypass Environmental Laws in Border Wall Work

The department said it would invoke waivers to environmental laws when it begins construction of border wall prototypes near San Diego.

Engineers Begin Preparatory Work for Border Wall Construction

By RON NIXON July 18, 2017 WASHINGTON — The United States Army Corps of Engineers has begun preliminary preparations for the construction of segments of a wall in several places along the border with Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security said on...

On the Mexican Border, a Case for Technology Over Concrete

Using surveillance equipment adapted from military use in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Border Patrol is creating what some experts call a “virtual wall.”