Hightower Report: DHS: Bullish on bullets

DHS stockpiles enough bullets for a 20-year war

"...and guns need bullets. So it's no surprise that DHS would make a bulk bullet buy. But it is..."

March 29, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Anthrax in Texas (The Good Kind)

Will San Antonio be the new home to Homeland Security's new bioterrorism research facility?

"...Seem Gov. Rick Perry's all pumped because Texas may..."

July 12, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Get Out the Bootstraps

Cause Texas Ain't Takin' Care of You No More

"...to turn to the Texas Department of Human Services (DHS) for help. It wasn't something they wanted to do,..."

June 13, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Lean and Mean?

"...Carole Keeton-Rylander photograph by Alan Pogue..."

March 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Austin Mother Deported With U.S. Citizen Children

Looking for traces of the vanished Denisse Parra Vargas

"...2016 fleeing domestic violence committed by a former partner. DHS says a judge issued an order for her removal..."

May 16, 2025 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

The Hightower Report

NSA and DHS defend us from LibertyManiacs.com

"...NSA and DHS defend us against LibertyManiacs.com..."

Dec. 20, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Terrorism Hardens Austin

Austin learns what to do when terrorists – and acronyms – attack

"...UT's J.J. Pickle Research Campus into the world of DHS' OBP and its current campaign to improve preparedness against..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature by Matt Martinez

Opinion: It’s Time to End the Oppressive Policing of Muslim Youth

An organizer argues against the targeted surveillance and aggressive policing tactics being used against Muslim youth, along with their Black and brown allies

"...violent. During the Obama administration, Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) (www.dhs.gov/cve) programs were proposed as solutions to violent ideologies. To..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Column by Ramish Nadeem

The Hightower Report

DHS Border Fence Will Split Campus; and Dodging a Tax by Dissing Pringles

"...DHS BORDER FENCE WILL SPLIT CAMPUS..."

Aug. 1, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Cold as ICE

Sheriff Greg Hamilton stoutly defends the 'Secure Communities' deportation mill. But growing public and official opposition is working to shut down the line.

"...DHS and ICE remain convinced of the program's usefulness in..."

July 4, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú

T. Don Hutto: Homeland Security Bars U.N. Inspector

Homeland Security clangs detention center's door shut on U.N. investigator Jorge Bustamante

"...when the American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against DHS and ICE on behalf of 10 immigrant children confined..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland

Naked City

Killer D's: Investigate This!

"...limited "to the specific issue involving alleged misuse of DHS assets in assisting state law enforcement in locating a..."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

You Don't Have to Break the Law to Get Watched by ARIC

Anarchy in the ATX

"...U.S. Department of Homeland Security, also included in BlueLeaks. DHS consistently includes the word "extremist" after "anarchist" to clarify..."

Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by John Anderson

The Luv Doc: The Next Eva Braun

It’s probably not smart to tie the knot with someone who regularly bends your moral compass

"...Yes, big mistake. In the words of the Department..."

March 24, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

Undocumented, Unafraid

Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests

"...Shortly after the raids, DHS Secretary John Kelly issued chilling policy memos detailing how..."

March 10, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Sanctuary Cities and the Ways We Fight for Human Rights

When community matters more than the law

"...the deportation arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Under its Priority Enforcement Program (PEP), which in 2015..."

Feb. 10, 2017 News Feature by Victoria Rossi

New Name, Same Game

S-Comm's end hasn't lessened the fear of deportation for Travis County's immigrants

"..."The sheriff has a meeting scheduled with reps from DHS/ICE so they can explain the new program," Wade conveyed..."

July 10, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

Awaiting the New Rules at TCSO

Sheriff's Office awaits implementation of Priority Enforcement Program

"...In a widely distributed memorandum, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson detailed the rationale for ending S-Comm,..."

Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

The Hightower Report

Militarizing America's police forces

"...they're seeking $258,000 from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) so they can gird themselves by purchasing a Lenco..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Amreeka

In this delightfully human and sweetly comic ode to the contemporary immigrant experience in a post-9/11 “Amreeka,” a Palestinian mother and son create a world of possibilities.

"...Muna is without a country, and when a humorless DHS official asks what her occupation is, she earnestly, uncomprehendingly,..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...as the site of another leg of the controversial DHS border wall. In a July 31 press release from..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Feature

Beyond City Limits

"...called "insufficient information and analysis to enable informed review," DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff issued a "super-waiver" of numerous environmental..."

July 4, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...for articles on border corruption may be found at www.checkpointusa.org/DHS/articles/articles.htm. – Patricia J. Ruland..."

Feb. 1, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...wall of their own – a legal barrier to DHS' plan to seize private lands, through eminent domain powers,..."

Jan. 11, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

"...ecotourism business. The Sierra Club is calling on the DHS to complete a comprehensive environmental impact statement and fully..."

Nov. 2, 2007 News Feature

Border Wall Opposition Mounts

Immigration and environmental groups alligne4d against wall.

"...eco-tourism business. The Sierra Club is calling on the DHS to complete a comprehensive environmental impact statement, and fully..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Post by Daniel Mottola

Naked City

"...of SSA discrepancies refer to U.S. citizens, but the DHS regulation would encourage employers to fire any worker based..."

Oct. 5, 2007 News Feature

Live Free or Die Hard

As John McClane, Bruce Willis once more brings the noise and blows the bejesus out of the bad guys.

"...our immense relief. Memo to Michael Chertoff: Scuttle the DHS bureaucracy posthaste, and get us more McClanes, please. This..."

June 29, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Special Immigration Status Extended for Some Central Americans

Department of Homeland Security has announced it will extend by 18 months amount of time it will allow hundreds of thousands of Central Americans in US to continue residing and working here legally

"...of Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador,” according to a DHS press release. The announcement impacts an estimated 78,000 Hondurans,..."

May 11, 2007 News Post by Cheryl Smith

Refugees Remain in Taylor Prison

ACLU files suit to spring children from 'residential facility'

"...immigration violations are civil offenses, not criminal ones. Yet DHS arrests more than 1.6 million undocumented people each year..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature by Diana Welch

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