The Latest Breaking News from Homeland Security

Supreme Court to hear arguments over Biden immigration priorities - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument Tuesday about the Biden administration’s immigration enforcement priorities.

Roll Call · Nov 28, 2022

Feds still not tackling domestic terror

White supremacists and other extremists are a "persistent and lethal" threat — and law enforcement hasn't adjusted

Salon · Nov 28, 2022

Republicans eye Dr. Fauci, DHS secretary for investigations once they take control of House

Democrats are bracing for pressure as GOP lawmakers threaten investigations of the Biden administration while fighting over who will be speaker when Republicans assume control of the House in the next congressional session.

Tribune News Service · Nov 27, 2022

Border policy questions loom as Senate works on funding, 'Dreamers' - Roll Call

An imminent end to pandemic-era asylum restrictions under Title 42 has renewed border policy debates on Capitol Hill.

Roll Call · Nov 17, 2022

Controversial Title 42 border policy vacated by federal judge

A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday vacated a controversial border policy known as Title 42, a public health law invoked by the Trump administration during the pandemic that had allowed border agents to quickly turn back migrants.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 16, 2022

Biden’s border chief quits amid tension over migrant crossings

WASHINGTON — The commissioner of Customs Border Protection resigned Saturday after saying he had been pressured to step down by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas amid a record number of migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tribune News Service · Nov 13, 2022

Top U.S. border official Chris Magnus resigns after less than a year on the job

The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection has resigned as agents encounter record numbers of migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico.

WEKU · Nov 13, 2022

US border agency leader resigns amid wave of migrants

The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection has resigned from his job leading the nation’s largest law enforcement agency as agents encounter record numbers of migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2022

AP sources: US border agency leader is being forced out

The head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is being forced out of his job leading the nation’s largest law enforcement agency, according to two people familiar with the matter

The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2022

Big Tech cites national security in push for immigration changes

Policy leaders in Big Tech have revved up a push for Congress to pass immigration changes before the end of the year, with a pitch aligning those policies to the national security concerns that sparked a recently enacted science and technology funding law.

Tribune News Service · Nov 2, 2022