Homeland Security

Jewish voices rise up with concern following ICE killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis

The voices have included both progressive Jewish groups that regularly inveigh against right-wing policies and, increasingly, mainstream groups that say they represent American Jews.

Demonstrators carry signs condemning Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) near the site where a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 24, 2026.
US Vice President JD Vance speaks at Royalston Square in Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 22, 2026.

WATCH: Vance: US power stops Russia, China from invading Greenland, not Denmark

 Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil stands next to U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), a day after he was released from immigration custody, at Newark airport in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., June 21, 2025.

US to deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil to Algeria, Homeland Security official claims

IAI's border protection system

'Innovative, highly sustainable': Israel Aerospace Industries unveils new border protection system


Israeli bid for US visa waiver hangs on Palestinian-American access test

One source said that, while Israel would bar anyone deemed a security threat, it did not plan as a matter of policy to restrict entry to any American "BDS-ers."

 Will Israelis soon be able to travel to the US visa free? (Illustrative image of Israeli and American passports)

Israel, US to fund bilateral Homeland Security projects with BIRD

$1m. is being offered by the US Department of Homeland Security and Israeli National Security Ministry to approved firms with innovative solutions.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010.

Remember Carole Baskin's 'dead' husband? Turns out he's alive

One example of the wild plot progression of the hit Netflix series "Tiger King" was the fact that Carole Baskin’s ex-husband, Don Lewis, was declared formerly dead in 2002.

Siberian Tiger in the Philadelphia Zoo

Ecuador to move toward Israel at UN, opens Jerusalem innovation office

Jerusalem and Quito have had formal diplomatic ties since 1949, but Lasso's arrival here on Monday marks the first time that the country's president has visited Israel. 

Educator announces opening of official innovation office in Jerusalem, May 12, 2022. L to R: Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso and Israel's Science and Technology Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen, May 12, 2022.

Essence Group - Providing innovative personal protection technologies globally

Essence Group, is a leading technology company, which develops cloud-based, end-to-end security and healthcare solutions that protect people while they’re at work and at home.

 CEO DR. HAIM AMIR (M) with the Essence Group team at the CES trade show in Las Vegas.

US security chief: Holidays, 9/11 anniversary may be catalyst for violence

Dept. of Homeland Security: Public must be careful, vigilant amid upcoming holidays, 20th anniversary of 9/11

US Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas holds news conference in Brownsville, Texas

Erdan discusses visa waiver for Israelis with US DHS Secretary

Including Israel in the program has been a matter of ongoing discussions between Jerusalem and Washington for years.

A member of a flight crew wears a face mask as a preventive measure during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as he arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City

Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas vows to fight domestic terror

Mayorkas was sworn in after the January 6 Capitol riot by supporters of Donald Trump.

Alejandro Mayorkas, nominee to be secretary of Homeland Security, testifies during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in Washington, DC, US. January 19, 2021.

Senate confirms Alejandro Mayorkas as Homeland Security secretary

Mayorkas is one of a number of Jewish Cabinet secretaries, including Antony Blinken in the State Department, Janet Yellen in Treasury and Avril Haines as director of national intelligence.

US DEPUTY SECRETARY of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas

Hawley blocks immediate Homeland Security confirmation of Mayorkas

A broad array of Jewish groups have urged the Senate to confirm Mayorkas immediately because of the rise of violent extremism.

US Senator Josh Hawley speaks during the third day of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett