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displaced: Detainees play while others sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville, Texas. Such installations have handled more than 47,000 unaccompanied alien children. (Associated Press)

Obama mum on where illegal immigrant children are sheltered

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Transportation Security Administration officials check check passengers entering a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on Nov. 18, 2010. (Associated Press) **FILE**

TSA implementing ‘enhanced security measures’ at overseas airports

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 25, 2014, passengers wait in line at the American Airlines International counter at Miami International Airport in Miami. American Airlines announced that it will cut nearly 80 percent of its flights to Venezuela in a dispute over revenue being held by the South American country. American said that beginning July 2 it will operate 10 flights per week instead of the current 48. And it will only fly to Venezuela from Miami, scrapping flights from New York, Dallas and San Juan, Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Airports could beef up security because of new explosives threat

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

AP10ThingsToSee- Detainees sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility, Wednesday, June 18, 2014, in Brownsville,Texas. CPB provided media tours Wednesday of two locations in Brownsville and Nogales, Ariz., that have been central to processing the more than 47,000 unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally since Oct. 1. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, Pool)

DHS ad contradicts White House claim of shock by illegal immigrant children

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - This March 18, 2014 file photo shows Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson speaking in Washington. Reviewing the U.S. deportation policy, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is said to be weighing limiting deportations of immigrants living here illegally but without serious criminal records. The change could shield tens of thousands of immigrants now deported because of repeated violations such as disobeying a deportation order or missing a court date. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

EDITORIAL: Homeland insecurity, squandering billions

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Mexican law enforcement officials watch on the Mexican side of the international border while Boston Archdiocese Cardinal Sean O'Malley leads mass, Tuesday, April 1, 2014, in Nogales, Ariz. O'Malley and several Bishops who serve along the U.S./Mexico were visiting the border town to bring awareness to immigration reform and to remember those who have died trying to cross the border in years past. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Feds: Armed Mexican troops, police regularly jump border to cross into U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Corey Stewart, the chairman of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors, told The Washington Times that about 10 percent of those it originally turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the last seven years have been re-arrested by county police for new crimes after they were released. (Associated Press)

Prince William County in Virginia renews push for deportation data on illegal immigrants

By Chloe Johnson - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama British Prime Minister David Cameron speak during a news conference at the G7 summit in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, June 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

ISTOOK: Judge’s order condemns how Obama promotes smuggling children across our border

By Ernest Istook

The World Trade Center terror attacks in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. (Associated Press)

DHS stonewalls Congress on ‘hands off’ list for those with terror ties

By Adam Kredo — The Washington Free Beacon

Supreme Court takes up case of fired air marshal

By SAM HANANEL - Associated Press

** FILE ** Abu Obeida, center, spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, the Hamas' military wing, holds a press conference in Gaza City, Friday, March 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

DHS ‘hands off’ list allowed suspects with terror ties into U.S.

By Adam Kredo — The Washington Free Beacon

Israeli push for visa-free travel to US faces test

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

**FILE** The Department of Homeland Security, which as of September had received $1.3 billion, will need at least an additional $3.2 billion to complete the renovation of St. Elizabeths' west campus by 2026, according to a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. (andrew harnik/the washington times)

Wash. school district seeks ‘Homeland Security Instructor’ to recruit future feds

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

**FILE** The Department of Homeland Security, which as of September had received $1.3 billion, will need at least an additional $3.2 billion to complete the renovation of St. Elizabeths' west campus by 2026, according to a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. (andrew harnik/the washington times)

DHS under fire with St. Elizabeths plan over budget, woefully behind

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

In this March 13, 2009 file photo Uwe Romeike works with two of his children Josua (9 yrs.) and Lydia (10 yrs.) at their home in Morristown, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

EDITORIAL: German refugee home-schoolers can stay in U.S.

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

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Air Force, Homeland Security step up to fight malware

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Rep. Steve Pearce, New Mexico Republican, questioned Wednesday whether the 2-1/2-year-old Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is doing enough to protect data it gathers. He added the failure of the Obama administration to analyze the full scope of how many data breaches are conducted a day is "absolutely frightening." (Associated Press Photographs)

Lawmakers: Agencies failed to collaborate on data breaches, cyberattacks

By Meghan Drake - The Washington Times

In this March 13, 2009 file photo Uwe Romeike and his wife Hannelore work with their children Daniel (13 yrs.), Lydia (10 yrs.), Josua (9 yrs.), Christian (7 yrs.) and Damaris (3 yrs.) at their home Friday, March 13, 2009 in Morristown, Tenn. The couple had moved into a modest duplex home while they sought political asylum because they say they were persecuted for their religious beliefs by home-schooling their young children in Germany. School attendance is compulsory there and educating children at home is not allowed. The German couple who fled to Tennessee so they could homeschool their children have been granted political asylum by a U.S. immigration judge on Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

German home-school family can stay in U.S. indefinitely

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Obama budget has $300M for Kansas NBAF project

By JOHN MILBURN - Associated Press