Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urged migrants against journeying to the U.S. illegally. He stressed migrants who do not qualify under U.S. immigration law would be deported. The…
484 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas held a press briefing to discuss the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border. Joined by Raul Ortiz, the incoming chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, Mayorkas…
1,584 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made remarks and later answered reporters' questions at a Customs and Border Protection processing facility for migrants in Donna, Texas. He…
467 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas toured a Customs and Border Protection migrant processing facility that in Donna, Texas. Several democratic members of the Texas and…
236 viewsActing 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,…
1,416 viewsActing Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan chaired a forum with officials from Central America on border security and migration.
239 viewsFollowing 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…
9,918 viewsOfficials 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…
6 viewsSecretary 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…
3,826 viewsSecretary 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…
2,966 viewsHomeland 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…
4,757 viewsSenators 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…
386 viewsPresident 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.…
9,324 viewsPresident 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…
8,320 viewsSecretary 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…
590 viewsSecretary 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…
500 viewsSecretary 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…
667 viewsOfficials 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…
150 viewsHomeland 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…
148 viewsHomeland Secretary Janet Napolitano announced new immigration detention reforms. She outlined the reforms which included new facilities for detaining violent immigrants, while allowing…
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