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Vermont’s senior U.S. Senator announced Friday that planned U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services furloughs have been postponed.The Department of…

Earlier this year the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to furlough over 13,000 employees at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday to hash out a dispute over the suspension of the state by the…

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses reports that more Homeland Security officials are set to leave after the resignation of the department's former…

A lower Hudson Valley congressman is calling on the U.S. Department of Homeland Secretary to return Westchester County immigrants detained at an Alabama…

Vermont Democratic U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy wants to reduce the size of the zone in which border agents can question people about their immigration…

Officials say New York managed to dodge Russian hacking attempts last year — and they're aiming to keep it that way. Lawmakers at a hearing on election…

On Tuesday the new Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly issued a memo implementing the president’s immigration executive order. In the memo,…

New York Senator Charles Schumer wants returning veterans to fill open border agent positions. He was in New York’s North Country Monday to push for…

Washington has avoided the last funding cliff. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Representative Jim McGovern tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock that…