Chertoff chides EU on passenger data restrictions in light of airplane plot
US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff called for broader US access to European airline passenger data Tuesday in a Washington Post editorial, citing the recently-alleged plot by UK terror suspects to detonate explosives aboard US airliners flying...
US now detaining nearly all non-Mexican illegals caught crossing southern border
US Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday that US Border Patrol officials are now detaining nearly all non-Mexican illegal immigrants caught crossing the US-Mexico border for an average of 21 days...
Chertoff calls on state lawmakers to support federal Real ID Act
US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff urged state legislatures to support the federal Real ID Act at the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) [official...
US now requiring passenger data before flights leave Britain
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now requiring passenger data to be sent to US authorities before flights leave Britain for the United States in the wake of last week's arrests for...
Gonzales orders comparative review of US, UK anti-terror laws
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday directed the US Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy and Office of Legal Counsel to conduct a comparative review of American and British anti-terrorism laws . Gonzales' order...
Chertoff mulls more comprehensive terror laws in wake of UK airplanes plot
US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff suggested Sunday that the US could benefit from revised anti-terror laws that allow for increased electronic surveillance of terror suspects. Chertoff, who also suggested that the US...
Immigration officials arrest 2,000 illegals in nationwide enforcement effort
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) has arrested over 2,000 illegal immigrants since May 26 in an effort to crackdown on deported gang members, pedophiles and violent felons who snuck back into the...
Governors threaten legal action to halt ports takeover by Arab company
New York Gov. George Pataki and Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich have threatened to take legal steps to block an Arab company's takeover of operations in several major US ports. The governors cite security concerns associated with the...
JURIST Guest Columnist David Kairys of Temple University School of Law says that senators weighing the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court should be wary of endorsing his commitment to legal technicalities over core constitutional values......
JURIST Guest Columnist David Kairys of Temple University School of Law says that Judge Samuel Alito's answers to senators' questions on the second day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearings reflect the views of a jurist who favors the wishes...
