Department of Homeland Security
Religious groups, leaders respond to new immigration policies
By Kimberly Winston — February 22, 2017
(RNS) One faith leader called the new policies 'malicious,' and another deemed them 'violent.'
U.S. government cancels 9/11-era registry for foreigners
By Reuters — December 22, 2016
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. government is canceling an inactive registry program for visitors from countries where extremist groups are operating, a plan similar to aMuslim registry considered by President-elect Donald Trump.
David Cameron’s office to probe why British Muslim family barred from US
By Reuters — December 24, 2015
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said in a statement: "The religion, faith, or spiritual beliefs of an international traveler are not determining factors about his/her admissibility into the U.S."
Drones banned from Philadelphia skies for pope’s visit
By Reuters — August 21, 2015
The Federal Aviation Administration said the Department of Homeland Security had requested the bans.
Federal judge: Let passengers challenge no-fly list designation
By Omar Sacirbey — June 25, 2014
(RNS) Many Muslim Americans believe they are disproportionately targeted by the no-fly list, which has been found to include the names of many Americans with names similar to those of real terrorist suspects.
Muslims oppose possible Raymond Kelly bid for Homeland Security
By Omar Sacirbey — August 1, 2013
(RNS) Muslims say that as head of the nation’s biggest police force, the commissioner oversaw a spying program that targeted Muslims based solely on their religion, showed poor judgment by participating in a virulently anti-Islamic film, and approved a report on terrorism that equated innocuous behavior such as quitting smoking with signs of radicalization.
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