The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the REAL ID full enforcement date to May 7, 2025.

Beginning Saturday, Jan. 22, individuals who are traveling into the United States by land or by ferry will be required to show proof that they are fully vaccinated for COVID, unless they are a U.S. citizen.

The Department of Homeland Security says Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has tested positive for COVID-19.

A former paraprofessional is facing charges relating to distributing and receiving child pornography. Some who personally knew the man are now speaking out.

U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said the government had to post a public notice within three days — including on its website and the websites of all other relevant government agencies — that new DACA applications were being accepted. Garaufis also ordered the government to put together a status report on the DACA program by Jan. 4. “Every time the outgoing administration tried to use young immigrants as political scapegoats, they defiled the values of our nation. The Trump administration had announced the end of the program in 2017, leading to the legal challenges that wound up in front of the Supreme Court. For the second time, a court has ordered the administration to resume processing DACA applications.