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Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan announced a new rule concerning the detention of migrant families and illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border. Under the new policy,…

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan chaired a forum with officials from Central America on border security and migration.

Following the Defense Department’s announcement it would send over 5,200 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the migrant caravans coming from Central America through Mexico, the…

Officials from the Department of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services held a conference call on the reunification of immigrant families. The court-order deadline for all children to be…

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly announced the president’s latest executive order on immigration and refugees. This…

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly joined their Mexican counterparts in a statement to the press. The leaders met in Mexico City and discussed trade…

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly briefed reporters on the implementation of the travel ban of people traveling from seven Muslim-majority countries announced by the White House the…

Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) Mark Warner (D-VA), and Claire McCaskill (D-MO) reacted to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly’s briefing on the implementation of President Trump’s ban on…

President Trump made brief remarks after Vice President Pence ceremonially swore in retired Marine General John Kelly as the new homeland security secretary at the agency’s headquarters.…

President Trump delivered remarks to emloyees at the conclusion of a visit to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). He outlined two executive orders he had just signed, including one…

Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson spoke at the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman’s fifth annual conference. He talked about his department’s efforts to improve the…

Secretary Jeh Johnson and Deputy Attorney General James Cole talked about the progress of ongoing enforcement efforts by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland…

Secretary Jeh Johnson and other officials briefed reporters on the federal government’s response to an increase in the number of unaccompanied immigrant children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. He said that the…

Officials spoke to reporters and answered questions about the E-Verify program that compares information from the Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) against federal government…

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and others spoke to reporters and answered questions about immigration enforcement. She announced that 392,000 immigrants had been deported from…

Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano announced new immigration detention reforms. She outlined the reforms which included new facilities for detaining violent immigrants, while allowing…

Secretaries Chertoff and Gutierrez talked with reporters about border security and immigration administrative reforms in the areas of border security enforcement and granting visas to some…

Secretary Chertoff presented a review of the Department of Homeland Security, talking about the accomplishments of the past year and his goals and priorities for 2007. Topics included…

Secretary Chertoff announced the award of a contract to Boeing Integrated Defense Systems for a border security and monitoring system. He talked about the contract as part of a broad…

Secretary Chertoff and other officials spoke to the press about the operation of the Secure Border Initiative. Among the topics they addressed were improved procedures to catch and remove…