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“If he hadn’t tried to kill the president, he would have been unconditionally released a long, long, long time ago,” the judge said.
Two programs allow for state and local governments to apply for funding related to emergency response in protection of the country
A DHS spokesman said that Sheriff David Clarke is no longer being considered for a position within DHS
The DHS has declined to confirm that Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke will be joining the agency
Omar Abdel-Rahman, convicted of plotting terror attacks in the U.S. in the ‘90s, died after suffering from diabetes and coronary artery disease
Sheriff Thomas Hodgson offered inmate labor to help President Trump build a wall between Mexico and the U.S.
Jails will hold undocumented immigrants detained by police and turn them over to Department of Homeland Security when requested
Obama emphasized that he had commuted Manning’s sentence, he did not grant a pardon
Christopher Lee Cornell called the court system “rigged” and was sentenced to 30 years in prison
The court has rejected Edward Snowden’s request for a legal guarantee that would allow him to collect an award in the country without risk of being extradited to the US
Christopher Lee Cornell allegedly kept trying from behind bars to urge others to violence in support of the Islamic State group
Trump has campaigned to grow it and make it cheaper, at one point suggesting that might be accomplished by using Cuban labor through renegotiation of diplomatic relations
The sheriff’s office is one of fewer than three dozen local law enforcement agencies around the country to sign on to the program
Lawyers for Salah Abdeslam, the only surviving suspect in last November’s attack in Paris, say they will no longer defend him because he refuses to speak
John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan, is scheduled to leave a Wash. mental hospital for good
Jesse Olivieri was shot by Secret Service at the White House earlier this year when he refused to drop his gun
Federal prison inmates produced combat helmets for the U.S. military with defective materials, shoddy workmanship and deceptive practices
Jaelyn Young disguised a planned journey to join the Islamic State group as her honeymoon in 2015
Former al-Qaida militant published “Guantanamo Diary” about life at the detention center
A Chicago suburb has rejected a plan to build a federal immigrant detention center in the community, putting a stop to a project that generated months of protests by residents and immigrant rights activists
Pakistani court has convicted his three widows and two of his daughters on charges of illegally living in Pakistan and sentenced them to 45 days in prison
Men were linked to a gun used in a U.S. agent’s death in Mexico
The more than two dozen recorded telephone calls, 15-year-old Jakadrien Turner expected to be deported to Colombia yet did not complain of having no ties to the country
Federal deportation hearings for non-criminal defendants released from custody were suspended Dec. 5 for the review and resume this week
The decision follows the agency’s decision to revoke Arpaio’s authority to access its immigration database
For years, the building - codenamed Bright Light - housed some of the CIA’s most important terror suspects
Data on inmates could lead to deportations, programs to go national by 2013
Attorneys for Rezwan Ferdaus argued for his release from jail saying he is a mentally troubled man who had a “completely unrealistic fantasy” that had no chance of succeeding