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The agency says it removed more people in fiscal 2026 than in any year in its history, even as the president tells 60 Minutes he is open to immigration legislation with Democrats.
A hacker calling itself 'Department of Peace' says it pulled the records from DHS's Okta login system in August. The department says it is working to address a 'potential breach.'
Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin found the practice likely violates the Voting Rights Act, though she paused her order until Friday afternoon so the administration can appeal.
Temporary Protected Status for tens of thousands of Ukrainians and hundreds of Sudanese was set to end Monday, but the department says enrolled immigrants will "retain protection" until a final decision.
The DHS secretary called the immigration-fraud probe a "strong case" headed for a grand jury; Omar, who has not been charged, says it is political.
After a Sept. 4 raid in Dover, a deportee told NPR he was held with nine other men in the Roxbury warehouse's parking lot. DHS would not say whether it uses the site.
Judge George O'Toole in Boston ruled that DHS imposed the penalties unlawfully, using boilerplate forms and skipping public comment. The agency says it has issued more than 103,000 fines.
WatchThe reversal came Monday night after backlash from Democrats and some Republicans over roughly $9.7 million in federal money spent on three ads featuring the president. He also urged his own voters to cast ballots by mail.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone's injunction bars the Department of Homeland Security from any ground-disturbing work until it complies with environmental law. It is the first court order to stop the wall's construction.
The five aircraft, including a $108 million luxury 737, cost far more than the seller paid. Noem calls the report 'libelous' and wants a retraction; The Times is standing by it.
Money moved from border-security funds into a 'commemorative events' category on Sept. 19, and a $20 million media contract followed a day later. The White House calls the spots public service announcements.
The Wall Street Journal reports Miami-Dade qualified for $14.5 million after seven arrests, because the payments are tied to deputized officers, not arrests.
WatchThe Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million for campaign-style spots weeks before the midterms, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune says they "shouldn't be paid for by taxpayer dollars."
WatchThe court's three liberal justices dissented from an unsigned order that pauses a ruling requiring notice and a chance to object. Full arguments are set for December.
WatchA GAO report says the agency's rush to double detention capacity skipped basic planning, while $1.55 billion still sits with a title insurer for future purchases.
In a 6-3 emergency order, the justices lifted a ruling that found the expanded system broke federal privacy laws. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned eligible voters could be burdened or disenfranchised.
Lower courts ruled migrants must get notice and a chance to object before being sent to countries where they have no ties. The government says that already grounded a flight of 70 deportees.
Austin's mayor said he was 'angry but not surprised.' A council member said the officer rammed the man's car and fired at least five times. ICE's own investigative arm will lead the inquiry, with the FBI assisting, and the Travis County district attorney has asked for the evidence.
Judge Seth Aframe wrote that the government's reading of the law 'would deny access to that protection to a substantial swath of noncitizens.' DHS general counsel James Percival said the policy stays in force because the ruling has not taken effect, and the case is expected to go back to the Supreme Court.
Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV's 48-page order preserves the 'duration of status' system that has governed F-1 and J-1 visas for nearly 50 years. Eight higher-education groups and unions sued; the rule drew 22,000 public comments, most of them opposed.
The suit says DHS cannot call one of the emptiest stretches of the border an 'area of high illegal entry' to waive the law. Roughly 65% of the 609-mile project runs across private property.
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said DHS 'acted arbitrarily and capriciously' when it stripped FEMA of the power to renew its on-call response corps, which makes up about 40% of the agency. The court will now presume the deleted messages would have hurt the government's case.
The proposed rule, published Friday with a 60-day comment window, would also strip the cushion from L-1, O-1, TN and E-visa holders and their families. About 730,000 H-1B workers and 550,000 dependents live in the U.S.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin closed out 'Operation Rotten Apple' with a New York City news conference aimed squarely at Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul.
The British commentator, a longtime advocate of aggressive deportation, was picked up near New Orleans. DHS says he entered legally in 2019 and overstayed.
WatchThe July total beat June's record of roughly 43,000, with about 1,500 people entering custody every day. Roughly 68,000 people are currently being held across the detention network.
The additions to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act entity list cover aluminum, apparel, copper, cotton and tomato producers and push the total to 187 blocked entities. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the companies use 'slave labor.'
WatchHomeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has refused to explain how his department matched Social Security numbers to voter files that do not contain them. California, Nevada, New Jersey and Pennsylvania say they still have no idea where the number came from.
Rep. Robert Garcia and Sen. Richard Blumenthal want to know how David Brouillette was hired and trained before the July 13 shooting of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford.
U.S. District Judge Patti Saris put the termination of South Sudan's Temporary Protected Status on hold weeks after the Supreme Court told lower courts to stay out of TPS decisions.
The suit, filed in federal court in Rhode Island, says the Trump administration is holding roughly $148 million in homeland security money hostage to demands for paper ballots, citizenship checks and immigration cooperation.
Under a rule set to publish July 20 and take effect in September, officers can again weigh an applicant's use of Medicaid, food stamps and housing aid — a shift analysts say could push nearly a million people to forgo help they are entitled to.
WatchThe president dismissed an internal pause on vehicle stops days after ICE officers killed two immigrant men who officials concede were not their targets. DHS will now put a body camera on every arrest team.
WatchFederal authorities acknowledge the man shot dead in the coastal town of Biddeford was not the person immigration agents had come to arrest, in what has become ICE's second fatal shooting in a week.
The Department of Homeland Security paused non-urgent traffic stops following deadly encounters in Texas and Maine, though agents may still stop people with violent criminal histories.
WatchLorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, was driving to a job site when an ICE agent shot him during a traffic stop. Federal investigators have now opened two probes as his family demands answers.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican immigrant on his way to a construction job, was shot dead during a Houston traffic stop. The FBI is investigating the second ICE-involved shooting in a week.
The agreement — more than five times the size of the company's last DHS deal — gives ICE officers cloud access to BI2's 4.2-million-record biometric database, drawing alarm from the ACLU and Sen. Ron Wyden, who warn the rollout amounts to construction of the largest civilian iris-recognition system in U.S. history.
Department of Homeland Security directs all flights carrying certain travelers to arrive at single Virginia airport as health officials scramble to contain outbreak.
The Department of Homeland Security has now run 67 million voter registrations through a system originally built for immigration screening, and lawsuits in five states allege the resulting cancellations are sweeping up lawful voters.
The Department of Homeland Security has created a specialized unit dedicated to reviewing thousands of permanent residents for potential deportation, marking an unprecedented expansion of immigration enforcement.
The former GEO Group executive will replace acting Director Todd Lyons on June 1, drawing alarm from civil rights groups over his decades of ties to the for-profit detention industry.
GOP leadership forced to rely on Democratic votes as party opposition threatens critical homeland security funding. The measure speeds through after procedural workaround.
The funding crisis threatens to renew airport chaos as lawmakers remain divided over ending the two-month Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
Lyons oversaw the Trump administration's aggressive deportation campaign and will leave his post by May 31 in the latest in a series of DHS leadership changes.
With Congress in recess, much of the Department of Homeland Security remains unfunded despite escalating security concerns amid the Iran conflict.
The president directed the Department of Homeland Security to resume compensating TSA officers beginning Monday, but the congressional impasse between House Republicans and Senate Democrats over a DHS funding bill remained unresolved.
Republicans revolted over a Senate measure and passed their own bill, dimming chances for quick end to crisis crippling airports nationwide.
Republicans revolted over a Senate measure and passed their own version, prolonging the shutdown that has crippled airport operations nationwide.
President directs Homeland Security Department to compensate thousands of unpaid airport security officers as travel delays mount nationwide during partial government shutdown.
A bipartisan Senate vote to restore DHS funding collapsed within hours when the House passed its own rival bill, leaving the 42-day shutdown without resolution as senators begin a two-week recess.
Bipartisan measure excludes ICE and Border Patrol funding but restores pay for federal airport security workers after 40-day standoff.
A GOP proposal would fund 94% of DHS while leaving ICE deportation operations in a separate bill, as TSA shortages push airport wait times past two hours at major hubs.
A bipartisan framework would fund TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard while carving out ICE deportation funding for separate reconciliation — potentially ending the longest aviation-security shutdown in U.S. history.
WatchThe Oklahoma Republican was sworn in at the White House Monday as the department he will lead enters its 39th day of a partial shutdown, with senators saying a funding deal could come as early as this week.
Oklahoma Republican takes helm of DHS as 100,000 employees work without pay during unprecedented agency crisis.
The Oklahoma Republican and former MMA fighter was confirmed on party lines with two Democratic defections, inheriting a department in crisis: TSA workers remain unpaid and airport security lines have stretched for hours.
The president declared no funding agreement should be reached until the SAVE Act requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration clears the Senate — a demand that Democrats say is a poison pill designed to torpedo talks.
Trump's pick for Homeland Security secretary survives key committee vote after Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman provides crucial support, despite Mullin's private discussions about softening immigration crackdown.
Trump's former campaign manager had wide influence over contracts, personnel and operations at the Department of Homeland Security over the past year.
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