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Julia Ainsley

Julia Ainsley is the homeland security correspondent for NBC News and covers the Department of Homeland Security for the NBC News Investigative Unit.

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Julia Ainsley is the homeland security correspondent for NBC News and covers the Department of Homeland Security for the NBC News Investigative Unit.

Do you have a news tip you want to share with our journalists? Visit NBC News Tips to learn more.


Latest from Julia Ainsley

Trump administration weighs drone strikes on Mexican cartels

The administration is looking at possible strikes against the cartels as it gears up for a major campaign against gangs trafficking narcotics over the border

Supreme Court gives boost to Trump administration's deportation plans under Alien Enemies Act

The ruling said a judge can't block Trump’s plan nationwide but made clear that people swept up must have a chance to challenge their seizures before they can be deported.

'We were lied to': Two women the Trump administration tried to send to El Salvador prison speak out

The women’s accounts raise new questions about the thoroughness of the administration’s vetting of migrants it has sent to the notorious prison.

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Immigration

12d ago

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Immigration

Trump takes aim at foreign-born college students, with 300 visas revoked

The Trump administration has been targeting foreign-born graduate and doctoral students whose main transgression seems to be activism.

A DHS staffer faces serious punishment for accidentally adding a reporter to a group email

A DHS worker was punished after mistakenly sharing a sensitive email with a journalist, raising questions about unequal treatment for inadvertent leakers.
16d ago

Trump administration moves to end temporary status for 530,000 Cubans, Venezuelans and others

The Trump administration is moving to end temporary legal status for more than 530,000 people who arrived in the U.S. from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela

Judge in Alien Enemies Act case chides DOJ lawyer over refusal to answer key questions about deportations

The court fight focuses on the Trump administration's use of a 1798 law to deport people it claims are part of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

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Immigration

23d ago

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Immigration

Trump administration touts deportations under Alien Enemies Act after a judge temporarily blocked its use

The Trump administration announced deportations of hundreds of immigrants it alleges are members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.

Judge expands temporary block on Trump's plan to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans

President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target a Venezuelan gang he accused of "unlawfully infiltrating" the United States.

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Immigration

28d ago

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Trump admin aims to get undocumented immigrants to self-deport with new messaging campaign

The Trump administration is spending $200 million on a new messaging campaign with ads and a "self-deportation" mobile app to convince immigrants to leave the U.S.

Congressional Dems, ACLU slam Trump’s 'invasion' immigration proclamation, preview legal challenge

In a letter to the White House, the members of Congress and the ACLU, along with the Brennan Center, called the proclamation 'troubling and misguided'