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U.S. Department of Homeland Security

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Chipotle faces fresh federal scrutiny more than year after mass firing of Latinos in Minnesota

    In December 2010, in the midst of an investigation by the federal Immigration and Customs Service, Chipotle made the controversial decision to suddenly fire about 450 Minnesota employees who couldn't prove they had valid work permits. The fired workers, mostly Latinos, represented over half of the f ... More >>

  • News

    April 25, 2012

    The Terrorists Next Door

    National security laws have transformed America's most vulnerable immigrants into terrorists

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Michele Bachmann schedules date with Sheriff Joe Arpaio

    These two deserve each other.​This is a match made in some sort of violently perverted heaven: Michele Bachmann, Minnesota's own Matron of Mean, is advertising an upcoming appearance with Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the Arizona lawman who has earned national fame as a cruel and corrupt little fascist. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Keith Ellison breaks down in tears at Muslim hearings [VIDEO]

    Ellison breaks down.​Rep. Keith Ellison spent weeks deriding the congressional hearings that opened today on radical Muslims, orchestrated by Rep. Peter King of New York, as little more than an attempt to spread fear and hatred of a religious minority. When it came his turn to testify and de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Chipolte fired more than a third of its Minnesota workforce for immigration violations

    Chipotle fired 450 Minnesota employees after an immigration audit.​Until recently, Chipotle Mexican Grills has refused to reveal how many Minnesota workers it fired last year in the wake of an audit by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But a new filing with the Security and Exchange Commi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Collin Peterson waves off Joe Lieberman's concern about northern border security

    Peterson pooh-poohs northern border security worries.​Sen. Joe Liebermann has his shorts in a bunch over a new report that says the Department of Homeland Security's Border Patrol effectively controls 32 of our 4,000-miles frontier with the Canucks. "Alarming!" Lieberman says. "We've got to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Jesse Ventura sues TSA for "sexual assault" security check

    Jesse Ventura: Don't touch him there.​Touch Jesse Ventura's junk and he's going to sue your ass for unreasonable search and seizure. Our former governor filed the lawsuit today against the TSA, claiming its agents violated his rights during a November pat-down and full body scan search at Minneap ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 2010

    Return to Sender

    What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

  • News

    December 15, 2010

    The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

    What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Fair-y Tales

    What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Cowboy Down

    Murdered Southern Arizona rancher Rob Krentz's family talk about his life and death

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Badlands

    From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Bachmann opposed funding TSA explosives detection gear, training

    The 2010 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act funds a range of programs related to air transportation safety.

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    H1N1 could destroy the Internet too

    Just what we need. A bunch of sick people enraged because they can't stream Netflix movies from bed.

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    Minn. Somalis cancel public statement on disappearing youth

    Imams, community leaders, and parents of Somali youth who have disappeared in recent months planned a press conference in response to recent media coverage. But disagreements led the organizers to cancel the event.

  • News

    November 26, 2008

    Janet Napolitano's sorry service in Arizona makes her a terrible choice for Homeland Security secretary.

    Imams, community leaders, and parents of Somali youth who have disappeared in recent months planned a press conference in response to recent media coverage. But disagreements led the organizers to cancel the event.

  • News

    November 19, 2008

    Reunited Somali families stranded after crackdowns

    Feds making family reunions not so sweet

  • Calendar

    November 14, 2007

    M.I.A.

    Feds making family reunions not so sweet

  • Music

    November 14, 2007

    Music A-List

    Feds making family reunions not so sweet

  • News

    November 7, 2007

    Crossing Borders

    The agent who ordered the arrest of "20th hijacker" Zacarias Moussaoui joins a law firm known for its aggressive defense of immigrant rights

  • News

    August 22, 2007

    Everything We Know About Security Is Wrong

    So says counterterrorism contrarian Bruce Schneier. And the transportation security administration is listening.

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2007

    6/21 Morning Communiqué

    So says counterterrorism contrarian Bruce Schneier. And the transportation security administration is listening.

  • News

    May 9, 2007

    Governor Buzzkill

    Pawlenty vows to veto medical marijuana, protect cancer patients from "the munchies"

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2006

    7/21 Morning Communiqué

    Pawlenty vows to veto medical marijuana, protect cancer patients from "the munchies"

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2006

    5/12: Morning Communique

    Pawlenty vows to veto medical marijuana, protect cancer patients from "the munchies"

  • Columns

    April 12, 2006

    Savage Love

    Pawlenty vows to veto medical marijuana, protect cancer patients from "the munchies"

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2006

    4/5: Morning Communique

    Pawlenty vows to veto medical marijuana, protect cancer patients from "the munchies"

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2006

    4/3: Morning Communique

    Pawlenty vows to veto medical marijuana, protect cancer patients from "the munchies"

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2006

    3/27: Morning Communique

    Pawlenty vows to veto medical marijuana, protect cancer patients from "the munchies"

  • Columns

    September 14, 2005

    Let Them Eat Brownie

    It's not about FEMA--it's about the president and the black hole of "Homeland Security"

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2005

    9/9: Morning Communique

    It's not about FEMA--it's about the president and the black hole of "Homeland Security"

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2005

    9/7: Morning Communique

    It's not about FEMA--it's about the president and the black hole of "Homeland Security"

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2005

    The aftermath of Katrina in punditry

    It's not about FEMA--it's about the president and the black hole of "Homeland Security"

  • Columns

    September 7, 2005

    Many Thousands Gone

    The first disaster was the hurricane. The second was the federal government's response.

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2005

    9/5: Morning Communique

    The first disaster was the hurricane. The second was the federal government's response.

  • Arts

    April 6, 2005

    Spitting Distance

    Meet the Bad News Bears of local slam poetry

  • News

    October 27, 2004

    Are Minnesota Polling Places Ready?

    Out-state there's good news; in the metro, signs of trouble

  • Columns

    June 9, 2004

    A Child's ABCs of Terrorism

    Out-state there's good news; in the metro, signs of trouble

  • Columns

    March 10, 2004

    Kerry Fiddles While He Could Be Burning Bush

    Time to go after Bush/Cheney ground zero: National security

  • News

    July 30, 2003

    Bring 'em On!

    The Bush administration's top 40 lies about war and terrorism

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    For Better, Then Worse

    Love, marriage, and the maddening plight of a Russian bride

  • News

    April 16, 2003

    Fear Factor

    When "immigrant" and "terrorist" are made synonymous

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Operation Paper Tiger

    Fighting terrorism with press releases

  • News

    February 19, 2003

    Dragnet

    A new computer database system called CriMNet is supposed to revolutionize crime fighting in Minnesota. Cops, politicians, big business, and the media love it.

  • News

    December 25, 2002

    Reckless Eyeballin'

    Longtime civil rights activist and agitator Ron Edwards talks about the city he loves and hates

  • News

    November 22, 2000

    Off Beat

    Longtime civil rights activist and agitator Ron Edwards talks about the city he loves and hates

  • News

    November 15, 2000

    Off Beat

    Longtime civil rights activist and agitator Ron Edwards talks about the city he loves and hates

  • News

    August 2, 2000

    No Place Like Home

    Thousands of Somalis fled when their country committed suicide a decade ago. Now the local INS office has found a way to send them back.

  • Feature

    March 1, 1999

    Braided Lives

    From brutality, death, survival, and triumph, a family emerges

  • News

    October 23, 1996

    LEFT FOR DEAD

    Nguyen Cao Son and his fellow South Vietnamese soldiers were part of a secret U.S. spy commando force--so secret, in fact, that the American government turned its back and let him spend 14 years in North Vietnamese prison camps.

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