EXCLUSIVE – Republican Rep. Lance Gooden of Texas is reintroducing legislation requiring the Department of Homeland Security to collect biometric data from migrants at the southern border to hinder human trafficking and asylum fraud.

The "Biometric Verification for Entry and Reconfirming Identification with Forensics (B-VERIFY) Act" would require DHS or HHS to conduct DNA testing to substantiate familial relationships between an illegal immigrant and a minor. The legislation also proposes utili

Johns Hopkins University scholars have used the Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action as a springboard to discuss alleged institutional racism against minorities.

On Sept. 14, JHU’s Program in Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship (RIC) held its annual fall kick-off event, “What Comes Next: Racism, Immigration, and Citizenship after Affirmative Action.” At the event, speakers discussed affirmative action as a method of redress for historical injustice, taking aim at the university itse

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is revealing new details about why authorities burned toxic chemicals in the emergency response to the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment in February.

Over a thousand documents released by NTSB reveal the state chose to burn the hazardous material vinyl chloride despite the long-term health risks to the 4,200 people who reside in the small manufacturing town.

There was over 115,000 tons of the cancer-causing chemical vinyl chloride inside five