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JUST IN: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) finalized a rule requiring residents of HUD-funded housing to prove American citizenship or carry eligible immigration status.
The new rule strengthens HUD’s enforcement of the law by requiring verification of U.S. citizenship or eligible immigration status for all applicants and tenants benefiting from covered HUD programs.
Covered programs include HUD’s Public Housing programs, the Section 8 rental assistance programs, the Housing Development Grant programs, and the Section 236 rental assistance program.
The new rule seeks to end certain ineligible noncitizens taking advantage of HUD-financed housing by mixing with eligible citizens under a single household, known as mixed-status households.
Under existing regulations, HUD can continue prorated assistance indefinitely.
The new rule will make this assistance temporary until family members living in the household are verified as eligible.
Furthermore, all individuals claiming to be Americans must provide appropriate documentation to verify their citizenship status.
The regulation comes into effect on Dec. 14.
The new rule strengthens HUD’s enforcement of the law by requiring verification of U.S. citizenship or eligible immigration status for all applicants and tenants benefiting from covered HUD programs.
Covered programs include HUD’s Public Housing programs, the Section 8 rental assistance programs, the Housing Development Grant programs, and the Section 236 rental assistance program.
The new rule seeks to end certain ineligible noncitizens taking advantage of HUD-financed housing by mixing with eligible citizens under a single household, known as mixed-status households.
Under existing regulations, HUD can continue prorated assistance indefinitely.
The new rule will make this assistance temporary until family members living in the household are verified as eligible.
Furthermore, all individuals claiming to be Americans must provide appropriate documentation to verify their citizenship status.
The regulation comes into effect on Dec. 14.
JUST IN: A U.S. task force aided in seizing roughly 5,826 pounds of marijuana and 661 pounds of cocaine in a maritime interdiction.
The go-fast vessel was detected by a U.S. maritime patrol aircraft. U.S. forces partnered with Costa Rican authorities, who launched interceptors, intercepted the vessel, and towed it to a port, the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS) said.
Two individuals were arrested.
JIATFS carries out detection and monitoring activities in support of operations aimed at identifying and dismantling narco-terrorist networks operating across the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean.
JIATFS was involved in another interdiction in which a U.S. maritime patrol aircraft detected and monitored a suspicious vessel, while Colombian authorities intercepted the boat in the country’s northern Pacific region.
Authorities confiscated 668 pounds of marijuana and roughly 6.39 pounds of cocaine hydrochloride.
Authorities detained eight people during the interdiction.
The U.S. and other nations in the Americas have formed the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition to tackle drug trafficking in the region.
The go-fast vessel was detected by a U.S. maritime patrol aircraft. U.S. forces partnered with Costa Rican authorities, who launched interceptors, intercepted the vessel, and towed it to a port, the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS) said.
Two individuals were arrested.
JIATFS carries out detection and monitoring activities in support of operations aimed at identifying and dismantling narco-terrorist networks operating across the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean.
JIATFS was involved in another interdiction in which a U.S. maritime patrol aircraft detected and monitored a suspicious vessel, while Colombian authorities intercepted the boat in the country’s northern Pacific region.
Authorities confiscated 668 pounds of marijuana and roughly 6.39 pounds of cocaine hydrochloride.
Authorities detained eight people during the interdiction.
The U.S. and other nations in the Americas have formed the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition to tackle drug trafficking in the region.
JUST IN: SpaceX’s first attempt to return Starship to the launch tower was a success.
After a 22.5-hour mission, the Starship upper stage dropped through the clouds over Starbase, Texas.
A crowd of hundreds on-site erupted in celebration as Starship 42 fired its Raptor engines, slowed to a hover, and eased itself into the catching arms of the tower, known as Mechazilla.
Chants of “USA! USA!” could be heard in the background as the engines cut off and sealed a new chapter of spaceflight history.
SpaceX’s Starship has become the first rocket to prove that it can make a controlled return to the launch pad in its entirety, with each half returning successfully—albeit on two separate flights.
After a 22.5-hour mission, the Starship upper stage dropped through the clouds over Starbase, Texas.
A crowd of hundreds on-site erupted in celebration as Starship 42 fired its Raptor engines, slowed to a hover, and eased itself into the catching arms of the tower, known as Mechazilla.
Chants of “USA! USA!” could be heard in the background as the engines cut off and sealed a new chapter of spaceflight history.
SpaceX’s Starship has become the first rocket to prove that it can make a controlled return to the launch pad in its entirety, with each half returning successfully—albeit on two separate flights.
JUST IN: An evacuation order was lifted for parts of Peoria, Illinois, after a bomb was found near an ethanol plant.
The bomb, found at the BioUrja Renewables facility, prompted emergency crews to issue evacuations for residents within a 1-mile radius of the area.
Although the facility was located along the Illinois River in an industrial area of South Peoria, it was about 1.5 miles from downtown, which is full of restaurants and popular on a Friday night.
Emergency crews worked through the night and into the following day to scour the facility for any other bombs and evidence.
The Peoria Police Department gave the all-clear around 2:00 p.m. ET.
“They have found no other items of concern at this time,” the department wrote in a Facebook press release. “The evacuation order will no longer be in effect. The street barricades will be removed, and all roads will be opened. Residents are now free to return to their homes in the area that was affected by this order.”
As of Saturday afternoon, no arrests have been made, and no injuries have been reported.
FBI Special Agent Ryan Presley confirmed the agency was investigating, but declined to provide further details.
The bomb, found at the BioUrja Renewables facility, prompted emergency crews to issue evacuations for residents within a 1-mile radius of the area.
Although the facility was located along the Illinois River in an industrial area of South Peoria, it was about 1.5 miles from downtown, which is full of restaurants and popular on a Friday night.
Emergency crews worked through the night and into the following day to scour the facility for any other bombs and evidence.
The Peoria Police Department gave the all-clear around 2:00 p.m. ET.
“They have found no other items of concern at this time,” the department wrote in a Facebook press release. “The evacuation order will no longer be in effect. The street barricades will be removed, and all roads will be opened. Residents are now free to return to their homes in the area that was affected by this order.”
As of Saturday afternoon, no arrests have been made, and no injuries have been reported.
FBI Special Agent Ryan Presley confirmed the agency was investigating, but declined to provide further details.