Julia Ainsley

I am NBC News’ Senior Homeland Security Correspondent covering all activities of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. My coverage areas include immigration enforcement, counterterrorism, the Secret Service and drug trafficking across U.S borders. 

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I am NBC News’ Senior Homeland Security Correspondent covering all activities of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. My coverage areas include immigration enforcement, counterterrorism, the Secret Service and drug trafficking across U.S borders. 

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


Latest from Julia Ainsley

4d ago

Immigrants in overcapacity ICE detention say they're hungry, raise food quality concerns

Immigrants being held in ICE detention centers in at least seven states are complaining of hunger, food shortages and spoiled food.

U.S. deportation tracker: Counting arrests, deportations

President Donald Trump came into office promising the largest mass deportation in U.S history, targeting the more than 10 million unauthorized migrants living in the United States.

Trump's immigration enforcement record so far: High arrests, low deportations

ICE agents last month arrested the most people in at least five years, but deportations are still lagging far behind what President Donald Trump has promised.

After Texas floods, questions about FEMA's future loom large

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been exerting more direct control over the agency, which President Trump has talked about "getting rid of."
22d ago

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Marine veteran defends gardener father seen being hit by immigration agents in video

The Marine veteran son of a California gardener seen in a graphic video being repeatedly struck on the head by a masked Customs and Border Patrol agent and chased at gunpoint is pushing back against government statements that his father attacked agents with a weed trimmer

Despite promise to remove 'worst of the worst,' ICE has arrested only 6% of known immigrant murderers

ICE told Congress in September that over 13,000 immigrants known to have committed murder remained at large. Since then, only 752 have been arrested.

FBI returning agents to counterterrorism work after diverting them to immigration

The FBI is returning counterterrorism agents who were ordered to focus on immigration cases back to their old jobs due to concern about potential threats from Iran.
28d ago

Trump's 'border czar' says worksite immigration raids will continue but criminals will be prioritized

White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday that the Trump administration will continue to conduct immigration raids at worksites, including farms and hotels, but that criminals will be prioritized.
29d ago

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Trump reverses brief reprieve for immigrants he said are 'good, long time workers'

The president said "we're going to look everywhere' for immigration arrests, reversing last week's exemption ICE gave hotel, restaurant and agricultural workers.
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem taken to hospital after an allergic reaction

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was taken to the hospital Tuesday after she suffered an allergic reaction.
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Four detainees at Newark immigration facility have escaped, DHS says

Four people detained at an immigration detention center in New Jersey have escaped, according to the Department of Homeland Security