Alicia Caldwell

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Official: Homeland Security helped in drug arrest

Alicia Caldwell · February 22, 2014 10:04 pm

APNewsBreak: Mexico’s Sinaloa drug chief arrested

Alicia Caldwell · February 22, 2014 4:21 pm

Alexandria, Va. Police Office Dennis Vafier uses a laptop in his squad car to scan vehicle license plates during his patrol of the area. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Government drops plan to collect license tag data

Alicia Caldwell · February 20, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011, file photo, travelers, with luggage in hand, make their way toward Terminal A at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The U.S Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, it is warning airlines that terrorists could try to hide explosives in shoes. It's the second time in less than three weeks that the government has issued a warning about possible attempts to smuggle explosives on a commercial jetliner. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

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Homeland Security warns airlines of new threat

Alicia Caldwell · February 20, 2014 5:00 am

Immigrants facing deportation are increasingly finding success in immigration courts, according to a new analysis of court data. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Report: Immigrants improve in fighting deportation

Alicia Caldwell · February 14, 2014 8:30 am

Report: Gov’t success in immigration court drops

Alicia Caldwell · February 13, 2014 7:58 pm

US easing immigration rule for terrorist support

Alicia Caldwell · February 10, 2014 10:12 am

Real estate agent Morteza Assadi, 49, in his home in Vienna, Va. The Obama administration has eased the rules for would-be asylum seekers, refugees and others who hope to come to the United States or stay here and who gave ``limitedâ support to terrorists or terrorist groups. For Assadi, the law has left him in a sort of immigration purgatory while his green card application has been on hold for more than a decade. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

US easing immigration rule for terrorist support

Alicia Caldwell · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

In a photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an unmanned drone patrols the U.S.-Canadian border. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

Homeland Security drones resume flying after crash

Associated Press, Alicia Caldwell · February 8, 2014 5:00 am

Man arrested trying to climb White House fence

Alicia Caldwell · February 7, 2014 8:40 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson holds up his New York subway card after giving his first major address, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at the Wilson Center in Washington. The civil war in Syria has become a matter of U.S. homeland security over concerns about a small number of Americans who have gone to fight with Syrian rebels and returned home, new Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Friday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

US: Syria conflict a threat to homeland

Alicia Caldwell · February 7, 2014 8:13 pm

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US bans carry-on liquids on Russia flights

Alicia Caldwell · February 6, 2014 10:42 pm