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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.

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


Latest from Julia Ainsley

Biden administration gives temporary protected status to 309,000 more Haitian migrants

The Biden administration announced new temporary protected status for Haitians who arrived in the U.S. on or before June 3, 2024, shielding 309,000 people from deportation.

Fact-checking Biden and Trump's claims at the first debate

Trump made a series of misleading claims on topics ranging from Jan. 6 to terrorism to taxes at the first 2024 presidential debate, while Biden flubbed some facts.

DHS identifies over 400 migrants brought to the U.S. by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network

DHS has identified over 400 immigrants from Central Asia and elsewhere brought to the U.S. by an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling network.
11d ago

Biden announces new policy shielding undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation

President Biden is taking executive action to protect undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens — a move that would shield about 500,000 immigrants from deportation.
17d ago

After a week, has Biden's border order had an effect? Migrant numbers are down, but there are glitches

A week after Biden's executive action, the number of migrants crossing the border has fallen, but officials are still releasing some crossers inside the U.S.
18d ago

'Ghost criminals': How Venezuelan gang members are slipping into the U.S.

U.S. law enforcement and immigration officials are investigating more than 100 criminal cases tied to suspected members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang.
18d ago

8 suspected terrorists with possible ISIS ties arrested in New York, L.A. and Philadelphia, sources say

Eight men from Tajikistan with potential ties to ISIS out of central Asia were arrested over the weekend in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, three people familiar with the matter told NBC News on Tuesday.
24d ago

Questions grow about how Biden’s border action will work without new funding

Twenty-four hours after President Biden announced his new executive action on the southwest border, migrants expressed confusion and U.S. officials questioned how the rule will be enforced without new funding.
26d ago

Biden is expected to sign an executive action Tuesday that would temporarily shut the border when numbers surge

President Biden is expected to sign an executive action Tuesday that would temporarily shut the southern border when daily migrant crossings exceed 2,500.
33d ago

Biden administration tries to plug loophole that released migrant linked to terrorism into the U.S.

The Biden administration is giving immigration judges more access to classified info to help them determine which migrants might have ties to terrorism.
38d ago

The Biden administration has a plan to shut down the border. But it needs Mexico's help.

The Biden administration is finalizing a new executive action that would let Biden shut down the border, and is in talks with Mexico to get its crucial buy-in.