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Napolitano on Sheriff Arpaio: ‘He was unwilling to accept there were standards that needed to be met.’

One of the more controversial steps the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has recently taken is the revision and standardization of its 287(g) immigration-enforcement agreements with state and local police as part of DHS’ efforts to prioritize the removal of dangerous undocumented immigrant...

Ideas for Immigrant Detention Include Converting Hotels and Building Models

Janet Napolitano, the homeland security secretary, described initiatives to revamp the much-criticized detention system.

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Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit Against Homeland Security for Documents on Government Reforms to 287(g) Illegal Immigration Enforcement Program

WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - September 28, 2009) - Judicial Watch, the public interest group

that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today

that it has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA ) lawsuit against the

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to obtain documen...

H1N1 flu preparedness guide for small industries

Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the availability of a preparedness guide designed to assist small businesses in planning for the possibility of an H1N1 flu outbreak this fall. ...

Five-Diamond Restaurant Closes Down In Arizona

The lack of interest in fine dining has doomed the fancy fare in Tucson. The Arizona Daily Star reports that Tucson's only five-diamond restaurant, the upscale Ventana Room at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, has closed. The restaurant had closed for the summer as it usually does but now won't reopen...