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Founder/editor of the Weekly Dystopia. News, analysis and opinion on our unhappy world. Former White House reporter and LGBTQ news in a previous life.

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Senators clash over sanctuary policies amid DHS shutdown

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By Chris Johnson
| Roll Call Verified
Senators sparred at a hearing Tuesday over local jurisdictions that have policies against cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, as the Senate teed up another floor procedural vote to end a Department of Homeland Security shutdown. Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., used the hearing to highlight his proposal to make it a crime for local officials to release migrants if they received a request from federal immigration agents to keep them in custody.
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Lawmakers criticize Kristi Noem over delayed FEMA decisions Original

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By Chris Johnson
| Roll Call Verified
Members of the House Judiciary Committee used an oversight hearing Wednesday to challenge Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over delays in dispersing Federal Emergency Management Agency funds, as well as the Trump administration’s plans to overhaul the disaster relief agency.
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Judge again blocks DHS policy on lawmaker detention center visits Original

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By Chris Johnson
| Roll Call Verified
A federal judge more permanently stopped a Department of Homeland Security policy Monday that would require a seven-day notice for members of Congress to visit immigration detention centers. In an opinion, Judge Jia M. Cobb of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colombia halted Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s latest versions of the restrictions. That ruling would last until the conclusion of a legal challenge from 13 House members.
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