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Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during his confirmation hearing last month before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Senate confirms Alejandro Mayorkas as first Latino Homeland Security secretary

By Camila DeChalus
Posted February 2, 2021 at 3:46pm
Alejandro Mayorkas, nominee to be secretary of Homeland Security, during testimony last week before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Senate panel advances Mayorkas bid to lead Homeland Security

By Camila DeChalus
Posted January 26, 2021 at 2:57pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., speaks at a press conference in December.

Menendez: Passing immigration bill has ‘herculean’ challenges

By Camila DeChalus
Posted January 22, 2021 at 7:50am
Alejandro Mayorkas, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be secretary of Homeland Security, is sworn in during Tuesday's confirmation hearing.

Homeland Security nominee pressed on past favoritism claims

By Camila DeChalus
Posted January 19, 2021 at 12:03pm
DHS Secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas has received Senate confirmation to government posts on three previous occasions.

Alejandro Mayorkas could face his past in latest Senate hearing

By Camila DeChalus
Posted January 15, 2021 at 5:44pm
Jeff Sessions walks as the casket of former Senator John McCain lies in state at the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 31, 2018.

Watchdog: Jeff Sessions, Justice aides led ‘zero tolerance’ policy

By Camila DeChalus
Posted January 14, 2021 at 4:18pm
Chad Wolf testifies during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing in February 2020.

Acting Homeland Security Chief Chad Wolf resigns

By Camila DeChalus
Posted January 11, 2021 at 6:23pm
Officers at the port of entry between the U.S. and Mexico on Aug. 23, 2019.

Biden’s immigration problem: How to end ‘Remain in Mexico’

By Camila DeChalus
Posted December 11, 2020 at 1:40pm
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during a House hearing in October 2019. “Facebook’s discriminatory recruitment and hiring practice is routine, ongoing, and widespread,” the Justice Department said in its lawsuit.

Justice Department sues Facebook over H-1B workers

By Camila DeChalus
Posted December 3, 2020 at 7:22pm
Alejandro Mayorkas was nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

Biden picks Alejandro Mayorkas to head Homeland Security

By Camila DeChalus
Posted November 23, 2020 at 2:47pm
A Trump supporter holds a placard during an October campaign rally in Orlando, Florida.

How Latino voters helped, and hurt, Trump

By Camila DeChalus
Posted November 5, 2020 at 7:00am
Young Kim, seen here campaigning in Brea, Calif., in 2018, is making a second bid for the 39th District.

These GOP House candidates walk a fine line on immigration, an issue that’s personal

By Camila DeChalus
Posted October 28, 2020 at 5:00am
Protesters against U.S. refugee policies are arrested on the Capitol steps last October.

Trump administration slashes refugee cap to new historic low

By Tanvi Misra and Camila DeChalus
Posted October 1, 2020 at 10:18am
A new citizen looks over paperwork at a naturalization ceremony in Philadelphia in February 2020.

Citizenship delays may keep many immigrants from fall vote

By Camila DeChalus
Posted September 8, 2020 at 1:19pm
Chad Wolfhas served as acting Homeland Security secretary since November.

Trump to nominate Chad Wolf as Homeland Security secretary

By Camila DeChalus
Posted August 25, 2020 at 5:23pm
USCIS says a recent bump in revenues and aggressive cost-cutting measures yielded enough funds to maintain operations through Sept. 30.

USCIS cancels furloughs for more than 13,000 employees

By Camila DeChalus
Posted August 25, 2020 at 5:05pm
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it needs Congress to act on a $1.2 billion emergency funding request to prevent furloughs.

Furloughs loom for 13,400 federal immigration employees

By Camila DeChalus
Posted August 19, 2020 at 4:32pm
A protester holds up a sign outside of the U.S. Supreme Court last November while justices heard arguments on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

White House halts new DACA applications amid ‘review’

By Camila DeChalus
Posted July 28, 2020 at 4:47pm
A Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrols the Rio Grande Valley Sector of Texas last August.

Senate aid bill allocates $3 billion to immigration agencies

By Camila DeChalus
Posted July 28, 2020 at 2:02pm
People are sworn in as new American citizens during a July 2 ceremony at the USCIS field office in New York City.

USCIS postpones plans to furlough 13,400 employees, for now

By Camila DeChalus
Posted July 24, 2020 at 6:08pm
Federal security forces in riot gear block a street near the White House on June 3 amid protests against police brutality following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Lawmakers question DHS crackdown tactics in protest cities

By Camila DeChalus
Posted July 24, 2020 at 4:49pm
President Donald Trump first imposed the travel ban in 2017 after taking office. The ban has since gone through several iterations.

House passes bill to repeal Trump’s travel ban

By Camila DeChalus
Posted July 22, 2020 at 7:02pm
DACA beneficiaries and supporters rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court on June 18, after the court rejected the Trump administration’’s push to end the program.

Trump admin must accept new DACA applications, court rules

By Camila DeChalus
Posted July 17, 2020 at 4:53pm
Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, testifies during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing titled “CBP Oversight: Examining the Evolving Challenges Facing the Agency,” in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on June 25, 2020.

Screening of unaccompanied minors amid pandemic questioned

By Camila DeChalus
Posted June 25, 2020 at 4:13pm
The furloughs would further delay hundreds of thousands of citizenship ceremonies already postponed by the pandemic.

USCIS informs 13,000 federal employees of potential furloughs without emergency funding

By Camila DeChalus
Posted June 24, 2020 at 3:36pm
The White House executive order will temporary suspend H-1B and other visas.

White House extends immigration restrictions to include H-1B, other visas

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted June 22, 2020 at 6:18pm
Dreamers and DACA supporters rally outside the Supreme Court on Thursday after the court rejected the Trump administration's push to end the DACA program.

Dreamers, Congress see hard work ahead despite court ruling

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted June 18, 2020 at 12:00pm
Immigration attorneys say the pandemic has hurt their ability to represent clients during virtual hearings.

Immigration attorneys face courtroom challenges amid pandemic

By Camila DeChalus
Posted June 17, 2020 at 3:07pm
The naturalization ceremony is a formality, but a legally required step before an immigrant becomes a U.S. citizen.

Immigrants sue government over delayed citizenship ceremonies

By Camila DeChalus
Posted June 12, 2020 at 2:41pm
Lawmakers are calling for remote naturalization ceremonies during the pandemic.

USCIS resumes naturalizations, ushers in 2,000 new citizens

By Camila DeChalus
Posted June 10, 2020 at 5:15pm
Migrants who crossed the U.S. border in the Rio Grande Valley Sector are processed by a Customs and Border Protection agent last August.

Asylum seekers could ‘Remain in Mexico’ for years amid pandemic

By Camila DeChalus
Posted May 20, 2020 at 5:36pm
Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in March.

USCIS seeks $1.2 billion from Congress

By Camila DeChalus
Posted May 18, 2020 at 4:04pm
Some foreign doctors will have more flexibility to help in locations where they are needed.

USCIS eases visa restrictions for some foreign doctors

By Camila DeChalus
Posted May 13, 2020 at 6:01pm
Immigration restriction has been a pillar of President Donald Trump's policy platform.

Trump announces temporary suspension of green cards

By Tanvi Misra and Camila DeChalus
Posted April 21, 2020 at 7:49pm
Officers monitor a port of entry between the U.S. and Mexico.

CBP officers demand more protective gear amid COVID fears

By Camila DeChalus
Posted April 16, 2020 at 2:28pm
A protester holds up a sign during a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court last November.

‘Dreamers’ in health care sector help save COVID patients while in legal limbo

By Camila DeChalus
Posted April 13, 2020 at 2:50pm
Officers at the port of entry between the U.S. and Mexico on Aug. 23, 2019.

CBP returns thousands of migrants since COVID-19 order

By Tanvi Misra and Camila DeChalus
Posted April 9, 2020 at 3:19pm
The George Washington University Hospital emergency entrance in Washington is pictured on March 16, 2020.

Immigration policies may delay help from foreign medical grads

By Camila DeChalus
Posted April 3, 2020 at 4:05pm
A protester holds up a sign during a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in November.

‘Dreamers’ fear loss of legal status as USCIS offices stay closed

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 30, 2020 at 4:38pm
There is no connection between the two New Jersey cases, ICE told CQ Roll Call on Wednesday. 

ICE detainee, 19 employees test positive for coronavirus

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 25, 2020 at 3:45pm
Razor wire lines the base of the border wall in El Paso, Texas on Aug. 23, 2019.

Coronavirus cases prompt DOJ to close more immigration courts

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 24, 2020 at 3:39pm
U.S. side of a port of entry between the U.S. and Mexico in El Paso, Texas in 2019. President Donald Trump said Friday he would be closing the southern border to “non-essential” travel in an attempt to contain COVID-19 infections.

Trump says pandemic allows Mexico border restrictions he couldn’t do before

By Tanvi Misra and Camila DeChalus
Posted March 20, 2020 at 2:40pm
Officers stand at the port of entry between the U.S. and Mexico on Aug. 23, 2019.

Immigration authorities hit pause amid coronavirus concerns

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted March 18, 2020 at 5:18pm
President Donald Trump is clamping down on the nation’s borders in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Trump announces more border closures to combat coronavirus

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 18, 2020 at 3:03pm
Guatemalan immigration officials receive migrants deported from the United States, at the Air Force base in Guatemala City, on March 12.

Guatemala suspends US flights carrying asylum-seekers

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 17, 2020 at 7:16pm
USCIS says immigrants who undergo medical testing for the coronavirus or treatment related to it will not be penalized when applying for naturalization.

Immigrants tested for coronavirus won’t be penalized applying for naturalization, USCIS says

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 16, 2020 at 2:32pm
New Yorkers have been denied access to screening programs such as TSA PreCheck at LaGuardia Airport.

States hit for denying access to driver’s license data

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 12, 2020 at 5:30am
Razor wire covers one side of a border fence in El Paso, Texas in August 2019. A Trump administration program forcing migrants to remain in Mexico while they wait for their court proceedings has been allowed to continue during a legal challenge.

Supreme Court rules ‘Remain in Mexico’ program can continue during challenge

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 11, 2020 at 2:49pm
U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle sits along the border fence in the Rio Grande Valley sector of the border in Texas on Aug. 20 2019. The Trump administration will begin collecting DNA samples from migrants taken into federal custody after trying to cross the U.S. border. 

The US will collect DNA from detained migrants, and put it in a criminal database

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 6, 2020 at 2:35pm
Crabs wait to be picked by migrant workers at Old Salty's Seafood in Hoopers Island, Maryland, on Aug. 9, 2018. Eastern Shore crab houses have depended on seasonal foreign crab-processing labor for years.

Trump administration allows 35,000 more H-2B seasonal worker visas for the year

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 5, 2020 at 5:55pm
A Customs and Border Protection officer questions immigrants in Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border.

DHS expands programs that fast-track asylum process

By Tanvi Misra and Camila DeChalus
Posted February 26, 2020 at 3:49pm
A section of the border wall stretches through the Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border on Aug. 20, 2019. (Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call)

Trump touts more than 100 miles of new border wall during State of Union

By Camila DeChalus
Posted February 5, 2020 at 3:32pm
Passage of the original travel ban prompted protests like this one at Dulles International Airport on  Jan. 29, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump administration adds travel restrictions to six countries

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted January 31, 2020 at 6:14pm
The "public charge" rule was originally issued last August by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under Ken Cuccinelli, the agency's acting director. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Supreme Court allows Trump’s ‘public charge’ rule to proceed

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted January 27, 2020 at 4:18pm
The rule issued by the State Department goes into effect Friday. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Trump administration restricts U.S. travel for pregnant foreigners

By Camila DeChalus
Posted January 23, 2020 at 5:15pm
A section of the border wall stretches through the Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border on Aug. 20, 2019. (Jinitzail Hernández/CQ Roll Call)

Appeals court lifts block of funding for border wall

By Camila DeChalus
Posted January 9, 2020 at 3:08pm
DACA recipients, including Jirayut “New” Latthivongskorn (left) Carolina Fung Geng, (3rd from left), plaintiff Martin Batalla Vidal (center) and Eliana Fernández (3rd from right) pump their fists before entering the U.S. Supreme Court before Tuesday’s arguments. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

‘Dreamers,’ Democrats push for DACA

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted November 12, 2019 at 5:23pm
Immigration rights demonstrators hold signs in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington in September 2017 to oppose the president’s decision to end the DACA program for “dreamers.” (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Immigrant ‘Dreamers’ look to Supreme Court, Congress for help

By Camila DeChalus
Posted November 12, 2019 at 6:00am
Outgoing acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan, testifying here during House appropriations hearing in April, said he will stay beyond his scheduled last day of Oct. 31 if “necessary.” (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Outgoing DHS chief McAleenan will stay on ‘if necessary’

By Camila DeChalus
Posted October 30, 2019 at 2:46pm
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan testifies during an appropriations hearing on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

McAleenan out at Homeland Security, Trump says

By Camila DeChalus, Eun Kyung Kim and John T. Bennett
Posted October 11, 2019 at 8:06pm
A Border Patrol agent monitors a group of men from India who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border on July 16, 2018, in San Diego. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

More non-Spanish speaking migrants are crossing the border

By Tanvi Misra and Camila DeChalus
Posted October 4, 2019 at 6:00am
A metering list outside the Centro de Información y Asistencia a Mexicanos in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on August 22, 2019. (Jinitzail Hernández, CQ Roll Call)

‘Metered’ immigrants face long waits at the border

By Camila DeChalus
Posted October 4, 2019 at 6:00am
U.S. Border Patrol agents watch over a group of undocumented immigrants in June after chasing and apprehending them in a cane field near Mission, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images file photo)

DHS advances plan to get DNA samples from immigrant detainees

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted October 2, 2019 at 7:03pm
The Statue of Liberty in New York City is seen through fencing on Aug. 14, 2019. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images file photo)

White House plans to cut refugee admittance to all-time low

By Camila DeChalus and Tanvi Misra
Posted September 27, 2019 at 8:48am
Texas Rep. Veronica Escobar represents El Paso, which has seen a huge influx of migrants. Some Democratic aides said her immigration bill “demonized” U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Divided House Democrats punt border bill until after recess

By Camila DeChalus and Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 25, 2019 at 8:20pm
People gather for a protest on President Trump’s immigration policy outside of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Washington on July 12, 2019. Two contradictory federal court decisions have disrupted President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to tighten asylum laws. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Trump’s new asylum rule left dead in the water after court decisions

By Camila DeChalus
Posted July 25, 2019 at 3:24pm
Photojournalists’ cameras lie on the floor in front of the witness table shortly before a House Oversight committee hearing (Thomas McKinless/CQ Roll Call).

Behind the scenes of covering headline committee hearings

By Camila DeChalus, Thomas McKinless and Tom Williams
Posted July 23, 2019 at 3:26pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrats and advocacy groups are raising concerns over the latest reports that the Trump administration is planning to ramp up enforcement efforts and conduct immigration raids across the country Sunday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats denounce immigration raids slated for weekend

By Camila DeChalus
Posted July 11, 2019 at 5:15pm
Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., presides over the House Judiciary Committee hearing on June 26, 2019. He said the committee will take a vote on a resolution Thursday that would authorize the issuing of subpoenas to current and former White House officials who participated in the 2018 decisions over the "zero tolerance" policy. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House Judiciary to vote on subpoenas on family separation order

By Camila DeChalus
Posted July 9, 2019 at 3:20pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other Democratic leaders are weighing their next move on a border supplemental aid package. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senate approves border bill; Pelosi and Trump talk compromise

By Camila DeChalus and Lindsey McPherson
Posted June 26, 2019 at 5:15pm
Kevin McAleenan, acting Homeland Security secretary, says the border situation would have been better than it is now had the ‘gang of eight’ legislation from 2013 been enacted. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Lindsey Graham confronted with the ghosts of the ‘gang of 8’

By Camila DeChalus
Posted June 12, 2019 at 5:30am
Ken Cuccinelli has been named the acting head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Why Ken Cuccinelli is persona non grata in the Senate

By Niels Lesniewski and Camila DeChalus
Posted June 10, 2019 at 4:28pm
People work on the U.S./ Mexican border wall on February 12, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. U.S. President Donald Trump visited the border city yesterday as he continues to campaign for more wall to be built along the border. The House Appropriations Committee’s draft 2020 Homeland Security spending bill does not provide any funding for additional Border Patrol Agents, Border Patrol checkpoints, or border barriers. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

No funding for Trump’s border wall is included in House Homeland Security funding bill

By Camila DeChalus
Posted June 4, 2019 at 3:57pm
A transportation security officer checks passengers at Reagan National Airport in D.C. Democrats raised concerns Tuesday that the Transportation Security Administration’s ongoing problems with high turnover rates could worsen after the Trump administration announced it would send 400 TSA workers to the southwest border to help with the migrant surge. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump wants 400 TSA agents sent to the border. Democrats say that may hurt morale

By Camila DeChalus
Posted May 21, 2019 at 5:00pm
Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., prepare for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Dirksen Building on prescription drugs on Tuesday, May 7, 2019.  Graham said he is willing to work with Republicans and Democrats to craft a limited immigration bill that would change asylum laws and expand detention facilities.  (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Graham aims to advance border security bill in early June

By Camila DeChalus and Niels Lesniewski
Posted May 15, 2019 at 4:01pm
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan says the White House is planning to send Congress a supplemental funding request to address the high volume of migrants arriving at the southern border. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

New budget request for border crisis could come this week

By Camila DeChalus
Posted April 30, 2019 at 5:45pm
Central American asylum seekers wait as U.S. Border Patrol agents take groups of them into custody on June 12, 2018 near McAllen, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)

‘Remain in Mexico’ policy for migrants creating ambiguity, fear

By Camila DeChalus
Posted April 5, 2019 at 5:05am
A Secret Service agent wipes down a presidential limousine on Inauguration Day 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump’s 2020 budget seeks 7 percent rise in Secret Service funding for 2020 campaign

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 20, 2019 at 10:45am
Yatta Kiazolu has never lived in or visited Liberia, but she could be deported there if the Trump administration is successful in ending the DED program for Liberians. (Courtesy Yatta Kiazolu)

Ph.D. student faces deportation to Liberia, where she has never lived

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 18, 2019 at 5:04am
A fence marking the U.S.-Mexico border is seen at sunset on July 22, 2018, in Nogales, Arizona. (John Moore/Getty Images file photo)

Senate rejects Trump’s emergency declaration on border

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 14, 2019 at 3:06pm
Kirstjen Nielsen (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Homeland Secretary to face tough questions from Democrats

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 6, 2019 at 10:31am
Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long is leaving the agency. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

FEMA administrator departs, says it’s ‘time for me to go home to my family’

By Camila DeChalus
Posted February 13, 2019 at 4:21pm
President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address, with Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, at the Capitol in Washington, DC on Feb. 5, 2019. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Trump extends order on asylum seekers at southwest border

By Camila DeChalus
Posted February 8, 2019 at 5:04pm
A family member walks into the Adelanto Detention Facility on November 15, 2013 in Adelanto, California. The facility, the largest and newest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detention center in California, houses an average of 1,100 immigrants in custody pending a decision in their immigration cases or awaiting deportation. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Family separation blasted by both parties at oversight hearing

By Camila DeChalus
Posted February 7, 2019 at 4:58pm
Top congressional leaders say they will leave a border security conference committee to work its will. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Unshackled by leadership, appropriators ready to deal on border

By Camila DeChalus and Lindsey McPherson
Posted February 6, 2019 at 2:29pm
Immigrant detainees eat lunch, one of three meals a day, at the Adelanto Detention Facility on November 15, 2013 in Adelanto, California. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

ICE detention facilities don’t meet national standards, IG says

By Camila DeChalus
Posted February 1, 2019 at 5:01pm
From left, Senate Appropriations chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., House Appropriations chairwoman Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., House Appropriations ranking member Kay Granger, R-Texas, and Senate Appropriations ranking member Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., talk before the start of the Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Committee on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Border security bargainers get to work, still miles apart

By Camila DeChalus and Jennifer Shutt
Posted January 30, 2019 at 6:00pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the Senate floor after Senate rejected two attempts from Republicans and Democrats to reopen government on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate shutdown talks hastened after airline disruption

By Camila DeChalus
Posted January 25, 2019 at 1:05pm
The Border Patrol has increased its assets along the southern border over the last 20 years, and crossings have declined. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

At border, Homeland Security Department stats paint complex situation

By Camila DeChalus
Posted January 9, 2019 at 5:05am
Immigrants and their supporters rally outside a federal immigration court in February 2017. With the government shutdown in full swing, most immigration courts are closed. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images file photo)

Immigration case backlog keeps growing as shutdown drags on

By Camila DeChalus
Posted January 7, 2019 at 5:03am
Barriers at the southern border. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images file photo)

Trump Administration to Make Asylum-Seekers Wait in Mexico

By Dean DeChiaro and Camila DeChalus
Posted December 20, 2018 at 3:28pm
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., says the Department of Health and Human Services has a responsibility to ensure the safety of unaccompanied minors even after they’re placed with a sponsor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

New Bill Would Hold HHS Feet to Fire for Unaccompanied Minors

By Camila DeChalus
Posted September 21, 2018 at 5:04am
Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Bob Menendez called the Trump administration’s decision to lower the annual refugee cap “truly repugnant.” (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Lawmakers Unhappy With Pompeo’s Lowered Cap on Refugees

By Camila DeChalus
Posted September 19, 2018 at 9:00am
Sen. Jeff Merkley has released documents showing that nearly $10 million from FEMA’s budget was diverted to fund ICE’s detention facilities and deportation operations. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Democrats Fume Over Transfer of FEMA Money to ICE Before Hurricanes

By Camila DeChalus
Posted September 13, 2018 at 5:05am
A Border Patrol agent Nicole Ballistrea watches over the U.S.-Mexico border in 2014. Since then, border apprehensions have plummeted. (John Moore/Getty Images file photo)

Border Apprehensions Down Two Months Running

By Camila DeChalus
Posted August 9, 2018 at 5:04am
A girl participates in a rally at Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington on June 27 to to protest the Trump administration policy that separated migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Lawmakers Renew Efforts to Pass Family Separation Bill

By Camila DeChalus
Posted July 27, 2018 at 4:09pm
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., says he wants to protect Temporary Protected Status immigrants who came to the United States legally.  (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call file photo)

More U.S.-Born Children Could Be Separated From Immigrant Parents

By Camila DeChalus
Posted July 12, 2018 at 9:53am
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

DHS: More Time Needed for Foreign Investor Visa Overhaul

By Camila DeChalus
Posted June 19, 2018 at 12:32pm
Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., says his resolution of inquiry was “about making sure we hold the administration accountable.” (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)

House Democrats Rebuffed on Getting Census Documents

By Camila DeChalus
Posted May 25, 2018 at 5:02am
A Secret Service agent wipes down one of the presidential limousines at the Capitol before President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Also in the Omnibus: Extra Overtime for the Secret Service

By Camila DeChalus
Posted March 23, 2018 at 5:02am