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Julia Ainsley

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

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

Latest from Julia Ainsley

17h ago

Biden and Trudeau reaffirm strong U.S.-Canada ties

In his first trip to Canada as president, Joe Biden held bilateral meetings Friday with Canadian leader Justin Trudeau and addressed the nation's Parliament.

The U.S. and Canada are expected to announce a deal on turning away asylum-seekers

Biden and Trudeau are expected to announce a deal allowing both the countries to turn away asylum-seekers who cross their borders without authorization.

U.S. starts flying migrants caught crossing Canadian border south to Texas

As migrants cross illegally into the U.S. from Canada at historically high levels, U.S. officials have begun flying migrants caught at the northern border south to Texas.

Border crossings from Canada into New York, Vermont and N.H. are up tenfold. Local cops want help.

Illegal border crossings from Canada into New York in the past 5 months are up tenfold and crossers are in danger of freezing to death. Local cops want help.

Biden administration considers restarting family detention for migrants

The Biden administration is considering restarting the policy that detains immigrants with their children, known as family detention, sources said.

U.S. transfers Border Patrol agents to northern border as migrant crossings from Canada rise

The U.S. has sent 25 extra Border Patrol agents to a section of the northern border as the number of Mexican migrants crossing into the U.S. from Canada goes up.
24d ago

Feds expand probe into migrant child labor in slaughterhouses

Federal authorities are now investigating how children from Central America wound up working for multiple slaughterhouse companies across the U.S. in violation of labor laws.
26d ago

Law enforcement center unveiled in Washington, D.C., to help prevent another Jan. 6

Local and federal officials announced the opening of a new emergency center in Washington that is designed to make law enforcement better prepared for the next public health emergency or Jan. 6.

Immigration rights advocates are attacking a new Biden policy. Jim Jordan is not.

More than 100 immigration advocacy groups have launched a public campaign against the Biden administration's new proposal to restrict asylum access at the southern border.

U.S. has admitted 271,000 Ukrainian refugees since Russian invasion, far above Biden’s goal of 100,000

More than 271,000 Ukrainian refugees have been admitted to the U.S. since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began one year ago, exceeding Biden's goal of 100,000.
30d ago

Company hired same ‘known minor’ twice to clean slaughterhouses, internal document shows

A company that the Labor Department says used more than 100 children to clean slaughterhouses hired the same child twice under different names, a company document shows.