The Latest Breaking News from Homeland Security

Rep. Kevin McCarthy threatens to impeach Homeland Security secretary

WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who is poised to become speaker in January, on Tuesday threatened to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over record-high U.S.-Mexico border migrant crossings.

Tribune News Service · Nov 22, 2022

GOP's McCarthy threatens to impeach Mayorkas over border

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is calling on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign over management of the U.S. southern border with Mexico

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2022

McCarthy threatens to impeach Homeland Security secretary

House Republican leader said Alejandro Mayorkas must resign or he will face impeachment investigation next year over record border crossings.

Roll Call · Nov 22, 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

Big Tech cites national security in push for immigration changes - Roll Call

Policy leaders in Big Tech have revved up a push for Congress to pass immigration changes before the end of the year.

Roll Call · Oct 31, 2022

Editorial: President Biden is using Title 42 against Venezuelans. That’s cowardly policymaking

More than 25% of Venezuela’s population has fled the country since the authoritarian policies of Nicolás Maduro plunged the South American country into economic free fall and social unrest. The humanitarian emergency is believed to be the largest mass displacement of people in recent Latin American history, with most of…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 31, 2022

As temporary protected status settlement talks stall, more than 250,000 risk deportation

WASHINGTON — After more than a year of negotiation, settlement talks between the Biden administration and plaintiffs in a lawsuit over temporary protected status fell through on Tuesday, leaving more than 250,000 people at risk of deportation.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 26, 2022

Legal organizations sue ICE, say agency prevents communication with detainees at 4 facilities

Legal service groups that represent detained migrants have sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, alleging the agency prevents lawyers and their clients in four detention facilities from speaking regularly and confidentially.

Miami Herald · Oct 25, 2022