Mayorkas, who said he plans to stay on the job until Monday at noon, told ABC News he has had "substantive and very productive and very collegial" conversations with Trump's pick to be the new DHS secretary, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.

In December, the number of migrant encounters by Border Patrol along the Southwest border dropped to about 47,300 — the lowest since August 2020

The former U.S. congresswoman was chosen by the president-elect to lead the department responsible for key immigration and border-related actions.

In the waning days of the Biden administration, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended his ... in New Orleans and the wildfires in California, calling the conversations ...

Outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who for four years has ... or whether that be the wildfires in California, or whether that be the tragic death of 14 individuals on ...

Officials at local and federal levels were baffled by reports of mystery drone sightings in New Jersey and parts of the Northeast.

A majority of Americans voted in 2024 for President Trump to secure the border and enforce immigration laws. He's ended catch-and-release and unchained ICE from onerous process rules.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday (Jan. 25, 20250, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump’s plans to clamp down on illegal immigration.

The U.S. Pentagon is sending an additional 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border by the end of the week, a senior U.S. military official told Fox News.

A new change ends a policy that mostly prohibited agents from making immigration arrests at schools and other spots where children gather.

President Trump fired the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard and eliminated all the members of a key aviation security advisory group

Mr. Trump announced he is nominating Andrew Puzder to serve as U.S. ambassador to the European Union. Pudzer is the former CEO of CKE Restaurants, which owns the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's fast food chains. "Andy will do an excellent job representing our Nation's interests in this important region," Mr. Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.