Enforcement actions at the U.S.-Mexico border fell again in November, marking six consecutive months of declining apprehensions.
Read MoreDHS Reports Border Apprehensions Drop for Sixth Consecutive Month: ‘Catch and Release Is Over’
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Email Appears to Show DHS Wanted to Cut Check to Child Care Center Connected to ‘Taliban Official’
Officials in Minnesota’s Department of Human Services (DHS) allegedly wanted to cut a new check to a child care center that had its bank account frozen by the Office of Foreign Asset Control because of the account owner’s association “with a Taliban official,” emails obtained by a state representative show.
Read MoreThink Tank Launches ‘Scandal Tracker’ So Minnesotans Can Keep Up with Reports of Fraud
A Minnesota think tank launched a new “scandal tracker” so residents can keep up with the latest reports of fraud and mismanagement coming out of the state’s agencies.
Read MoreKen Cuccinelli Tapped for Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
Ken Cuccinelli, a former attorney general of Virginia, has been tapped to be the acting deputy secretary of Homeland Security, which makes him second in command of the department.
Read MoreSenate Paves the Way for Chad Wolf to Become Next DHS Chief
Lawmakers in the upper chamber of Congress took a major step that paves the way for Chad Wolf to become the next acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Read MoreCommissioners Skip Minnesota Senate Hearing After Report Shows 1300 Contract Violations Across Agencies
State Sen. Julie Rosen (R-Vernon Center) said she was “very upset” with a pair of commissioners for skipping a Wednesday Senate Finance Committee hearing on contract violations in the Minnesota Department of Human Services and other state agencies.
Read MoreTrump Taps Chad Wolf as DHS Acting Secretary
President Donald Trump named Chad Wolf as the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Friday, replacing Kevin McAleenan.
Read MoreDHS Blasted for ‘Lack of Humanity’ in Asking Tribal Nations to Pay $29 Million for State’s Mistakes
Legislative Auditor Jim Nobles testified before a joint Senate committee hearing this week where he described the Minnesota Department of Human Services as “dysfunctional” and “fraught with problems,” and warned of “contentious litigation” between tribal nations and the state.
Read MoreNew Report Describes Culture of ‘Troubling Dysfunction’ at Minnesota DHS
A new report released Tuesday claims that Minnesota’s Department of Human Services repeatedly reimbursed opioid treatment providers “without legal authority” and “never documented their decisions.”
Read MoreMinnesota DHS Continues to Retaliate Against Employee for Speaking Out
A state employee who blew the whistle on fraud within Minnesota’s Department of Human Services said in an interview this week that she’s still being retaliated against.
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