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Engadget: Homeland Security bans DeepSeek use in federal civilian agencies . “The Department of Homeland Security has issued a sweeping restriction to remove DeepSeek use across all federal civilian agencies and their IT systems. In a notice published with the Federal Register, DHS characterized the risks of DeepSeek use as potentially resulting in the “transfer of sensitive data” of US […]

"A few months into President Donald Trump’s second term, political appointees at the Department of Homeland Security made an unusual request of its agency focused on cybersecurity: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it."

https://www.propublica.org/article/cisa-election-security-donald-trump

#propublica #vote2026 #uspol #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurityDHS

Illegal Alien from the Philippines Arrested by ICE for Secretly Filming Undressed People

In a press release by Homeland Security, it was announced that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested more of the worst-of-the-worst illegal aliens whose acts were very despicable and disturbing. What caught my attention is the arrest of a Filipino illegal alien over the crime of videotaping undressed persons without consent and already he is in the news.

To put things in perspective, posted below is the excerpt from the news report of the Manila Standard. Some parts in boldface…

A 21-year-old Filipino national illegally residing in the United States was arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after being convicted of two counts of videotaping undressed persons without consent.

In a press release, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Joshua Gabriel Car Hombrebueno was taken into the custody of ICE, following his detention at the William G. Truesdale Alexandria Adult Detention Center in Alexandria, Virginia.

ICE listed Hombrebueno as part of its “Worst of the Worst” list on October 13, alongside four other convicted individuals from El Salvador, Mexico, and Guatemala.

“Yesterday, the brave men and women of ICE arrested pedophiles, sexual predators, domestic assailants, and other public safety threats from our communities,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said.

The department cited Hombrebueno as an “illegal” individual in the US.

A report from the official City of Alexandria, Virginia website states that the 21-year-old’s case goes back to Sept. 20, 2025, when a mother and her three-year-old daughter reported a phone’s camera recording inside the employee bathroom restroom.

“Upon investigation, Alexandria Police Department (APD) detectives recovered a recording depicting multiple victims, including both adults and children, who were unknowingly recorded while using the restroom,” the statement read.

According to the APD, a search of the device pursuant to a search warrant revealed several other victims, including children and adults.

After being identified, the victims expressed their willingness to file charges against Hombrebueno, who was then 20 years old and working at a French bakery.

Following a sex offense investigation involving hidden-camera recordings inside the restaurant’s employee restroom, the APD filed three felony counts and nine misdemeanor counts of unlawful creation of an image of another person.

“Hombrebueno, through legal counsel, turned himself in to Detective Quint earlier today, and the arrest warrant was served without incident,” the statement read.

To see the official press release about the worst-of-the-worst apprehended by ICE, click https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/10/14/worst-worst-ice-arrests-pedophiles-sexual-predators-and-domestic-assailants

Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? Do you support ICE’s efforts on finding and arresting the worst-of-the-worst among the many illegal aliens/immigrants in the United States? Are there many illegal aliens/immigrants living in your local community right now? Do you think Hombrebueno is destined to be deported?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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Mother Jones: ICE Wiped Thousands of People From Its Database. Families Are Paying the Price.. “That man is one of thousands of detained immigrants with ‘Final Orders of Removal’ whose records have been hidden or deleted from ICE’s tracking system, leaving families and lawyers unable to locate them. As the Associated Press reported on Monday, those records began to vanish September 15. […]

Immigrant from the Philippines Pleads Guilty to Illegally Voting in 2024 US Presidential Election

There definitely is such a thing as illegally voting in elections in the United States. Since Donald Trump returned as US President in 2025, the government has been unrelenting on pushing back against illegal immigration while restoring the integrity of American elections. That said, an immigrant from the Philippines pleaded guilty to voting illegally in the US Presidential election of 2024 and it happened just months after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under failed US President Joe Biden approved her for the green card, according to a news report by Breitbart.

To put things in perspective, posted below is the excerpt from the Breitbart news report. Some parts in boldface…

Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that 37-year-old Evelyn Miller of the Philippines, who resided in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to illegal voting.

On Monday, Breitbart News learned that Miller, who was approved for a green card by Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in July 2024, registered to vote on October 9, 2024, and illegally voted in the presidential election on November 5, 2024.

“This alien from the Philippines pleaded guilty to illegally voting in the 2024 election in Pennsylvania,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement. “Thanks to the hard work of the men and women of HSI, as well as our partners at the Department of Justice, this alien will soon face justice for her efforts to subvert our elections. American elections are for Americans only.”

In the investigation, Miller confessed to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents that she registered to vote online ahead of the election and voted in person on Election Day.

For additional details from the DOJ regarding Evelyn Miller, click https://www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr/lehigh-county-woman-pleads-guilty-illegal-voting

Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? Does this case of illegal voting convince you that there should be more restrictions to prevent green card holders from voting in any election? What do you think is the ideal punishment for green card holders who actually voted? Are you convinced that Democrats would do anything to allow illegal voting in order to gain power?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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Mercyhurst University: Mercyhurst marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 with new Homeland Security Collection. “On the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Mercyhurst University is launching a new digital archival collection documenting an important chapter in the nation’s response to 9/11: the creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and […]

Portland Press Herald: Biddeford library to archive memorial items honoring ICE shooting victim. “Since [Sebastián] Durán Guerrero’s death on July 13, community members have left cards, flowers, notes, art and other items at two memorial sites. Archiving those items will preserve an important part of Biddeford history, the library said. Archivist and reference librarian Rose Dionne said […]

Arizona Luminaria: New database tracks deaths in ICE detention; 4 in Arizona. “… a newly launched database project called the ICE Detention Mortality Dashboard [was] built by research group Relevant Research. The dashboard is based on public records and can be filtered by state, year and where the death occurred from 2018 to 2026.”

Veterans Group Condemns DHS Surveillance of Minneapolis ICE Protesters

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/08/veterans-group-condemns-dhs-surveillance-of-minneapolis-ice-protesters/

San Francisco Standard: Disappeared by Google: Search giant wiped user reviews on ICE detention centers. “The company has disabled reviews for almost all of the country’s immigration detention centers over the past year, according to a study by a Tulane University professor that was published in June(opens in new tab). It’s unclear when the company began disabling reviews for the more than […]

Mother Jones: ICE Finds a New Way to Dodge Congress About a Secret Protester Database. “The administration has repeatedly denied that DHS maintains a specific database of US citizens who protest ICE operations or photograph federal agents. But this letter, which was addressed on May 22 and comes amid mounting litigation over ICE’s alleged intimidation of protesters, appears to sidestep the […]

Syracuse.com: Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE. “Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents issued a warning to a Syracuse woman Tuesday to remove a social media account they said threatens federal agents. Paigelynne Gonyea said she believes they are referring to a January post where she named the ICE agent who shot protester Renee […]

Courthouse News Service: Berkeley professor seeks expedited release of ICE data. “A federal judge questioned Thursday why a law professor needs expedited access to years of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement data as he builds a project tracking immigration and detention trends.”

Politico: Google and Apple pulled into Raskin’s ICE investigation. “Apple and Google are facing a Democratic probe accusing them of acquiescing to the Trump administration’s demands that they remove apps used to track and document Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations.”

Why they want to send their paramilitary thugs to the polls: https://bergetoons.blogspot.com/2026/06/toon-icing-vote.html

#MarkwayneMullin #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurityDHS #ICE #editorialcartoon #election #vote

Gillian Brockell: Habeas Flight Watch: New tool helps track ICE flights to your city. “A group of activists have built a new online tool to track domestic ICE flights in real-time and predict their schedules. Called Habeas Flight Watch, it was designed to help the legal teams of detained migrants with habeas petitions and emergency motions, but activists and journalists have also begun using it […]

NiemanLab: When ICE came to Minneapolis, readers turned to The Minnesota Star Tribune’s free live blog . “The live blog was the newspaper’s top traffic driver in January, [Chris] Iles said, and that month’s total gifted articles was double the 2025 monthly average. Its second most-read story identified the first of two American citizens killed by federal agents, and its third most-read […]

Racket MN: MN Ice Abduction Memorials, Mapped . “If you spent any time in a city or town impacted by Operation Metro Surge this past winter, then you probably came across a few ICE abduction alerts…. These memorials weren’t created to last, but a group of public historians at the University of Minnesota have sought to document and preserve the tributes via a user-generated online archive.”

We knew the #TechBros are #DataThieves but I was in the dark about the amount of data the #tRumpGrift #USAdministration is #Thieving from Aussies who #travel to the #US. I guess that is one more reason (if there wasn't reasons enough) not to travel to or through #Merica. Bernard Keane tells us all about it, thanks to #FOI

"FOI confirms Donald Trump’s grab of Australians’ biometric data is even bigger than feared"

Read more https://www.crikey.com.au/author/bernard-keane/
(Currently behind Subscriber wall but give it a little time and it will be free to view)

#AusPol #TSA #ICE #BioMetrics #departmentOfHomelandSecurityDhs

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Newly-released records detail federal response to Portland ICE protests. “Newly released court documents detail federal officers’ first-hand accounts of protest activity and what led them to use force outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland over the summer and fall.”

Mother Jones: This Programmer Wants to Use Your Phone to Fight ICE. “The first thing you notice when you enter Sherman Austin’s Long Beach, California, apartment is the sounds. His cellphone buzzes constantly, mostly notifications requiring his attention from StopICE.net, a crowdsourced nationwide alert system he developed to let users know when federal immigration officers are nearby. Then […]

Variety: Ms. Rachel Says ‘I Am Political’ as She Fights to Close ICE Facility in Texas That’s Detaining Children: ‘It’s Political to Believe Every Child Is Equal’. “Rachel Accurso, the prominent children’s entertainer known as Ms. Rachel, told NBC News in a recent interview that she’s currently fighting to close the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas, where ICE […]

Windy City Times: Lightfoot’s ICE Accountability Project builds database of alleged immigration agent misconduct. “The ICE Accountability Project is a public database designed to collect and preserve evidence of ‘increasing misconduct’ by federal agents during recent immigration enforcement operations. It collects videos, photos and witness reports to preserve evidence and make it easier to […]

Boston Herald: Healey, Campbell launch new online portal for residents to report ICE misconduct . “Gov. Maura Healey and Attorney General Andrea Campbell have launched a new online portal that will allow residents to report misconduct by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents conducting operations in the state.”

NJ State House News Service: NJ government portal allows the public to aid in keeping an eye on ICE activities in the state.. “The state-run online portal allows residents to upload photos, videos and reports of federal immigration enforcement activity across the state, part of a broader push to expand immigrant protections.”

The Guardian: Somali Americans hounded by ICE and rightwing ‘influencers’ on edge in Ohio: ‘I’m scared to go outside’. “The influencers claimed that daycare and other childcare facilities run by Somali Americans in Columbus, as in Minneapolis, are running fraudulent facilities that are misusing government funds. The state of Ohio contributes to the funding of around 5,200 childcare facilities.”

Gizmodo: Feds Used Online Advertising Data to Track the Public’s Phone Locations. “An internal U.S. Customs and Border Protection document reveals that the agency bought online advertising data that could allow it to track mobile phone locations over time.”

New York Times: Lawmakers Ask Tech Companies What User Data They Provided to D.H.S. This link goes to a gift article. “The letters cited reporting by The New York Times that found tech companies had been flooded with requests from the Department of Homeland Security for the names, email addresses and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize Immigration and […]

Vt Digger: ‘Craftivism’ makes a comeback as local knitters spin yarns about ICE resistance. “Knitted red hats have become a form of silent protest for those using handmade crafts as a form of political engagement in opposition to federal immigration policies.”

CNN: Exclusive: DHS admits its website showcasing the ‘worst of the worst’ immigrants was rife with errors. “The Department of Homeland Security admitted that its website featuring what it calls the ‘worst of the worst’ arrested immigrants was rife with errors and changed the site this week after receiving questions from CNN about it.”

Ars Technica: Inside the DHS forum where ICE agents trash talk one another. “Every day, people log into an online forum for current and former Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers to share their thoughts on the news of the day and complain about their colleagues in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).”

Techdirt: Bondi Bragged About Forcing Facebook To Censor Speech. Now FIRE Is Suing.. “FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression), has filed suit against Attorney General Pam Bondi and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on behalf of Kassandra Rosado, who ran a 100,000-member Facebook group called ‘ICE Sightings – Chicagoland,’ and Mark Hodges, who created the Eyes Up app for documenting […]

New York Times: Shutdown at D.H.S. Extends to Cyber Agency, Adding to Setbacks. This link goes to a gift article. “The lapse in funding for the Department of Homeland Security, CISA’s parent agency, is only the latest setback, temporarily winnowing its already thinning ranks. In January 2025, CISA employed about 3,400 people. That number has dropped to below 2,400. The shutdown means […]

Mashable: How Minneapolis used tech to make ICE retreat. “ICE tracking apps were banned in app stores under government pressure. Nevertheless, the cameras, apps and wikis in their pockets let residents follow, frustrate, and most importantly broadcast ICE’s excesses — including the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti — to a stunned world. Late night hosts, awards shows, and some big names […]

iRevolutions: Welcome to the Whistle Resistance: How a Ragtag Group of People are 3D-Printing Whistles at Scale to Keep Communities Safe. “These Goblins & Avengers (there are nearly 200 of them) are 3D-printing free whistles at scale (500,000+ in less than 2 months and radically accelerating) and shipping them for free across 49 US states and Puerto Rico (80% of orders go out within 4 days) in […]