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An NYPD vehicle is seen outside of Congregation Temple Emanu-El on December 14, 2025, in New York City. (Ryan Murphy/Getty Images/AFP)
March 19, 2026, 6:53 am
NYC synagogues increase security as homeland security shutdown stalls federal funding
‘This is where we are in March 2026 — you probably have to have multiple armed guards,’ warns head of security group, says Michigan attack would have ‘ended very differently’ without them
By Joseph Strauss
US federal agents stand near the site of a shooting, January 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
March 13, 2026, 9:15 am
US political standoff over immigration delays security grants for synagogues
Federal security funding program for religious institutions has been stalled due to the nearly monthlong shutdown at the US Department of Homeland Security
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Left: US Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) speaks to reporters outside the US Capitol Building on March 5, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP); Right: Outgoing US secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem prepares to testify during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Heather Diehl / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP)
March 6, 2026, 1:53 am
Trump fires homeland security chief Kristi Noem, taps Oklahoma senator for job
US president, reportedly unhappy over Noem’s performance at recent hearing over immigration crackdown, says ‘MAGA warrior’ Markwayne Mullin will take over; critics say more change needed at DHS
By Chris Lefkow
A protester sets fire to an image depicting a mugshot of US President Donald Trump and reading "Wanted Donald Trump is wanted by all Shia Muslims in the world" during a protest against the US-Israel attack of Iran and the killing of the supreme leader, in front of Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, on March 1, 2026. (Ozan KOSE / AFP)
March 3, 2026, 3:47 pm
Iran and its proxies pose ongoing threat to US after Khamenei killing, US intel warns
Department of Homeland Security assessment says a large-scale physical attack is unlikely, but warns Tehran and allies will escalate retaliatory actions as air campaign widens
By Reuters
Mohsen Mahdawi, center, looks on during a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University, Oct. 12, 2023, in New York. (AP/Yuki Iwamura, File)
February 18, 2026, 8:04 am
Immigration judge rejects Trump effort to deport anti-Israel Palestinian student
Judge finds US Department of Homeland Security failed to meet its burden of proving activist Mohsen Mahdawi was removable; DHS calls judge an ‘activist’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A portrait of US President Donald Trump hangs on the US Labor Department headquarters near the Capitol, on November 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Rahmat Gul)
February 13, 2026, 9:17 am
US Homeland Security taps social media chief behind posts decried as having racist overtones
Peyton Rollins swerved Labor Department’s X account from union updates to criticism of ‘globalism,’ used font reminiscent of ‘Mein Kampf,’ claimed credit for building’s huge Trump banner
By Grace Gilson
Leqaa Kordia, right, demonstrates with pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters as they gather near a main gate at Columbia University in New York, April 30, 2024, just before New York City police officers cleared the area after a building was taken over by protesters earlier in the day. (AP/Craig Ruttle)
February 10, 2026, 5:19 pm
Palestinian woman detained by ICE in 2025 is hospitalized after seizure in detention
Leqaa Kordia, who was detained last year during a meeting with US immigration officials, maintains that she was targeted for her pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia University
By Reuters
File - Tufts University student from Turkey, Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested by US immigration agents while walking along a street in a Boston suburb, talks to reporters on arriving back in Boston, May 10, 2025, a day after she was released from a Louisiana immigration detention center on the orders of a federal judge. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi, File)
February 10, 2026, 8:03 am
US immigration judge rejects effort to deport pro-Palestinian student over ‘op-ed’
Court finds Department of Homeland Security did not prove that Rumeysa Ozturk was removable, terminates proceedings against her; DHS calls decision ‘judicial activism’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A New York City Police Department vehicle is parked outside a synagogue on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, October 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
February 6, 2026, 4:28 pm
US Jewish leaders express alarm over new political conditions for synagogue security grants
Houses of worship that don’t cooperate with ICE or that offer DEI programming are worried new terms will make them ineligible for funding that helps cover essential safety measures
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
People walk through the streets to protest against ICE after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 10, 2026. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
January 11, 2026, 9:15 am
Tens of thousands protest in Minneapolis after immigration officer kills woman
More than 1,000 ‘ICE Out For Good’ rallies to take place nationwide after fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good, which Trump administration claims was in self-defense
By Renee Hickman and Nathan Layne
British commentator Sami Hamdi at London Heathrow Airport after being deported from the US, November 13, 2025. (X/5 PiIlars)
November 13, 2025, 7:27 pm
UK commentator who praised Oct. 7 ‘victory’ lands in London after US deportation
Sami Hamdi arrives at Heathrow two weeks after being detained by ICE, claims deportation linked to his Gaza advocacy, calls measure an attack on free speech
By Reuters
Illustrative: Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States peer through windows of an Eastern Airlines plane upon arriving at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)
November 11, 2025, 6:18 pm
US deported 54 Iranian dissidents back to Iran despite pleas lives were in danger – NYT
1st such flight to Tehran carried Christian converts, a critic of Islam, ethnic minorities; many had alleged terror ties; one pleaded: ‘They will kill me. Please don’t send me back’
By ToI Staff
Eric Lendrum (US Department of Homeland Security via JTA)
August 21, 2025, 6:22 am
US Homeland Security speechwriter promoted ‘Great Replacement’ theory on podcast
Eric Lendman endorsed the conspiracy theory in episode called ‘Is White Replacement a Myth?’ while denying it’s antisemitic: ‘Literally no one blames this on Jews’
By Grace Gilson
Two social media posts from the Department of Homeland Security appear to reference what some are calling neo-Nazi tropes (l-r): a reference to the antisemitic book "Which Way, Western Man?" and the use of a double-capitalized "HH" that is common online shorthand for "Heil Hitler." (Screen captures via JTA)
August 15, 2025, 6:00 am
US Homeland Security Department accused of tweeting antisemitic dog whistles
Government office posts recruitment ad for ICE that alludes to the title of a 1978 book steeped in conspiracy theories and explicit threats against Jews
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative: A man holds a sign during a rally in the War Room at the state Capitol on June 15, 2016, in Albany, New York (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
August 5, 2025, 4:17 pm
US quickly reverses pledge to link disaster funds to Israel boycott stance
Hours after posting it, Department of Homeland Security removes statement that funding is dependent on states not cutting ‘commercial relations’ with Israeli companies
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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