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Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters before a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Senators clash over sanctuary policies amid DHS shutdown

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 10, 2026 at 5:05pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is sworn in to a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday.

Lawmakers criticize Kristi Noem over delayed FEMA decisions

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 4, 2026 at 6:06pm
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks to reporters after a vote in the Capitol in December.

Tillis expands block over unanswered questions to DHS

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 4, 2026 at 5:03pm
Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., speaks during a news conference last year.

Judge again blocks DHS policy on lawmaker detention center visits

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 2, 2026 at 5:00pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attends President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in the House Chamber last week.

Kristi Noem set to face lawmakers amid immigration funding clash

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 2, 2026 at 1:56pm
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., leaves the Republican Senate luncheon in the Capitol on Feb. 10.

Tillis threatens nominee holds over immigration data request

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 27, 2026 at 7:00am
Kansas Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids is one of the lawmakers from at least 10 states who have sought to halt immigration detention facilities that would affect their constituents.

Lawmakers try to halt ICE plans for new detention centers

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 19, 2026 at 7:00am
Passenger planes wait in line at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Oct. 1, 2025.

House lawmakers spar over harms of potential DHS shutdown

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 11, 2026 at 3:22pm
Protesters confront federal agents last month outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, part of nationwide demonstrations sparked by outrage over the recent deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good at the hands of federal immigration agents.

Lawmakers stress need for immigration site visits without delays

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 10, 2026 at 5:35pm, Updated at 9:53pm
From left, Rodney Scott, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, Joseph Edlow, director of Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Todd Lyons, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, testify Tuesday during the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on immigration enforcement.

Immigration officials defend approach at House hearing

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 10, 2026 at 3:46pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., talks with reporters in the Capitol on Jan. 29.

White House, Democrats negotiate as shutdown deadline nears

By Savannah Behrmann and Chris Johnson
Posted February 9, 2026 at 8:51pm, Updated at 10:39pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are demanding an overhaul of immigration enforcement as the price for Homeland Security funding.

Homeland Security spending spat

By Aidan Quigley, Chris Johnson and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 9, 2026 at 4:29pm
From left, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.; Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif.; Luke Ganger and Brent Ganger arrive for the bicameral public forum on tactics by agents of the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday. Brent and Luke are brothers of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in January in Minneapolis.

As DHS spending debate ramps up anew, a focus on enforcement’s impact

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 4, 2026 at 4:20pm
Rep. Adriano Espaillat, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., conduct a rally Tuesday with members of the CHC, Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, and other caucuses, to call for the firing of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters.

Congress turns to Homeland Security funding clash

By Chris Johnson and Valerie Yurk
Posted February 3, 2026 at 3:46pm, Updated at 5:03pm
Demonstrators protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and demanding the closure of the immigrant detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" last month outside the center at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Fla.

Judge blocks latest limits on lawmaker visits to ICE facilities

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 2, 2026 at 2:19pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference in Washington after federal immigration agents shot and killed another U.S. citizen on Saturday morning, later identified as Alex Pretti, during operations in Minneapolis.

ICE shootings heighten criticism of Kristi Noem’s tenure at DHS

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 28, 2026 at 6:47pm
Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., is among the lawmakers seeking to block the DHS policy.

Lawmakers again challenge limits on ICE detention facility visits

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 27, 2026 at 12:53pm
A protester with an “Abolish ICE” shirt is seen as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, right, arrives for a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Dec. 11, 2025.

Spending bill would solidify Trump cuts in DHS oversight

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 26, 2026 at 8:16pm
Minnesota Democratic Reps. Kelly Morrison (left), Ilhan Omar (center) and Angie Craig (right) arrive Saturday outside of the regional ICE headquarters at the Whipple federal building in Minneapolis.

DHS again restricts lawmaker visits to ICE detention facilities

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 12, 2026 at 2:26pm, Updated at 4:36pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries conduct a joint news conference at the Capitol on Thursday.

Democrats call for hearings, independent probes over ICE shooting

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 8, 2026 at 4:29pm
Witnesses are sworn in during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on fraud and misuse of federal funds in Minnesota. The witnesses are, from left, former Special Counsel Brendan Ballou, State Rep. Marion Rarick, R-Minn., State Rep. Walter Hudson, R-Minn., and State Rep. Kristin Robbins, R-Minn.

House GOP hearing highlights Minnesota fraud concerns

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 7, 2026 at 4:43pm
A poster of the “Trump Gold Card” is seen as President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office in September.

Trump Gold Card creates interest, decisions for foreign nationals

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 5, 2026 at 7:00am
E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington

Judge points to Trump’s authority in challenge to H-1B visa hike

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 19, 2025 at 3:44pm
Exterior view of an immigration detention center in Elizabeth, N.J., in March.

Judge halts DHS policy on oversight visits to ICE detention facilities

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 17, 2025 at 6:05pm
President Donald Trump listens during a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday.

Trump expands countries with US travel restrictions

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 16, 2025 at 5:53pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and Michael Glasheen, operations director, National Security Branch, FBI, are sworn in Thursday at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing titled “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland."

Trump’s FEMA review group abruptly cancels final report meeting

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 11, 2025 at 4:40pm, Updated at 5:40pm
Screenshot of trumpcard.gov.

Trump administration launches ‘Gold Card’ visa website

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 10, 2025 at 6:44pm
Activists begin to gather with signs at the Supreme Court in May before the court heard oral arguments on one part of President Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship executive order.

Supreme Court will review Trump’s birthright citizenship order

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 5, 2025 at 2:42pm
FBI Director Kash Patel, left, looks Thursday at photos of the two West Virginia National Guard soldiers shot last week in Washington, D.C., as well as a photo of the suspect in the shooting.

US toughens immigration policies after National Guard shooting

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 1, 2025 at 1:07pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who is co-chair of a council to review the Federal Emergency Management Agency, speaks during a news conference in July. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

FEMA to get new interim director ahead of agency review report

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 24, 2025 at 12:53pm
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., led a forum Wednesday on harms from President Donald Trump's tough-on-immigration enforcement policies.

House Democrats spotlight Trump immigration enforcement harms

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 19, 2025 at 5:47pm
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One on Sunday after spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

Slashed refugee cap adds to uncertainty about admissions to US

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 17, 2025 at 2:24pm
Local police officers confront a demonstrator last month outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing and detention facility in Broadview, Ill.

Groups challenge conditions at California migrant detention center

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 13, 2025 at 2:16pm
Homeland Security Department officers speak with a federal agent as they patrol the halls of an immigration court last month at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York City.

Lawmakers want count of US citizens held by immigration agents

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 5, 2025 at 4:10pm
E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse

Appeals court sounds skeptical of Trump’s asylum ban

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 3, 2025 at 3:34pm
Rep Judy Chu, D-Calif., right, prepares in June to attempt to enter the Metropolitan Detention Center where constituents detained in ICE raids were reportedly being held in Los Angeles.

US says shutdown ended lawmaker ICE facility visit requirement

By Michael Macagnone and Chris Johnson
Posted October 22, 2025 at 4:50pm
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks to reporters as he arrives for a vote Tuesday in the Capitol.

Paul Ingrassia withdraws from hearing to lead watchdog office

By Chris Johnson
Posted October 21, 2025 at 7:57pm
Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, conducts a press briefing on March 17, 2025. A hard-line approach to immigration is defining President Donald Trump's second term. And, immigration as an issue is one of the biggest drivers of the new film "One Battle After Another."

Immigration, race and ‘One Battle After Another’

By Jason Dick and Chris Johnson
Posted October 21, 2025 at 5:07pm
A federal officer stands by in a hallway this month at New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court.

Immigration court backlog subsides in second Trump administration

By Chris Johnson
Posted October 20, 2025 at 2:42pm
People gather in downtown Chicago on Oct. 8 for an emergency protest demanding immigrant and worker rights.

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow Guard deployment in Chicago

By Chris Johnson
Posted October 17, 2025 at 6:10pm
Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington.

Judge rejects immigration enforcement condition for FEMA grants

By Chris Johnson
Posted October 14, 2025 at 3:46pm
President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office while signing a series of executive orders including a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.

Countries try to lure foreign talent after Trump’s H-1B visa fee hike

By Chris Johnson
Posted October 9, 2025 at 1:55pm
President Donald Trump reacts to a question from a reporter before signing an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in September. He signed two executive orders, including a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.

Lawsuit challenging Trump H-1B visa fee details potential harms

By Chris Johnson
Posted October 7, 2025 at 4:42pm
Activists gather with signs at the Supreme Court before oral arguments in May on a case last term about how to bring legal challenges to President Donald Trump‘s birthright citizenship executive order.

New Supreme Court term could include birthright citizenship case

By Chris Johnson
Posted October 3, 2025 at 2:09pm, Updated at 5:32pm
Chairman Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., talk before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Sept. 16. They previously pushed legislation on the H-1B visa program. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump’s H-1B visa move comes after congressional inaction

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 23, 2025 at 12:40pm
Rep. Stephanie Bice introduced the bill on illegal immigration penalties that the House passed Thursday.

House passes bill to increase penalties for illegal entry into US

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 11, 2025 at 1:07pm
Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., speaks during a news conference on Feb. 6, 2025.

House halts censure resolution against Rep. LaMonica McIver

By Ryan Tarinelli and Chris Johnson
Posted September 3, 2025 at 3:44pm, Updated at 4:16pm
Venezuelan migrants accused by the United States of belonging to the Tren de Aragua criminal gang are pictured in July being transferred from the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, in El Salvador before being repatriated to Caracas.

Appeals court halts Trump immigration move under wartime law

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 3, 2025 at 11:21am
Chairman Mark Amodei, R-Nev., looks on at a House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on May 6.

Some Republicans push more visas despite hard line on immigration

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 28, 2025 at 12:18pm
A Texas flag hangs from a storm-damaged tree on the banks of the Guadalupe River on July 13 in Center Point, Texas.

At House hearing, scrutiny of FEMA handling of Texas floods

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 23, 2025 at 4:42pm
Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., is poised to take the Homeland Security Committee gavel.

Steering Committee taps Garbarino to serve as Homeland Security chair

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 22, 2025 at 3:34am
Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., seen in the Capitol last month. He issued the final report on the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump this week.

Senate panel faults Secret Service over Trump shooting attempt

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 14, 2025 at 3:50pm
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives to a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health budget hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on June 24.

HHS policy bars undocumented immigrants from some health programs

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 10, 2025 at 4:24pm
President Donald Trump, joined by Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, speaks Friday on recent Supreme Court rulings in the briefing room at the White House.

Challengers to Trump birthright citizenship order quickly try again

By Chris Johnson and Michael Macagnone
Posted June 27, 2025 at 6:20pm
Senate Budget Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, and ranking member Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., attend the markup of the fiscal 2025 Senate budget resolution on Feb. 12. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Injunction, immigration provisions caught in ‘Byrd rule’ review

By Ryan Tarinelli and Chris Johnson
Posted June 23, 2025 at 4:39pm
New York Democratic Reps. Jerrold Nadler, right, and Dan Goldman speak at a news conference Wednesday at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan after being barred from entering and inspecting Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding cells.

DHS tightens protocol for lawmaker visits to immigration facilities

By Chris Johnson
Posted June 18, 2025 at 5:46pm
President Donald Trump talks with reporters after a House Republican Conference meeting last month on the budget reconciliation bill.

Trump bans nationals of 12 countries from US entry

By Chris Johnson
Posted June 4, 2025 at 9:55pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies during a Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in May.

Homeland Security posts, then deletes, sanctuary jurisdictions list

By Chris Johnson
Posted June 2, 2025 at 6:15pm
Sen. Rand Paul talks with reporters in the Capitol on April 1.

Sen. Rand Paul questions border wall funding level needs

By Chris Johnson
Posted May 20, 2025 at 5:44pm
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., left, questions Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on Jan. 14. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, is at right.

Senate Republicans halt resolution on El Salvador deportations

By Chris Johnson
Posted May 15, 2025 at 7:12pm
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on April 8.

Reconciliation text includes big boosts to immigration fees

By Chris Johnson
Posted May 14, 2025 at 2:36pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee earlier this month.

States challenge immigration cooperation requirements for grants

By Chris Johnson
Posted May 13, 2025 at 4:59pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies Thursday during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on a proposed budget for fiscal 2026.

Republican senators question Trump’s plans to change FEMA

By Chris Johnson
Posted May 8, 2025 at 4:46pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies during the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing on Tuesday.

Appropriations panel chair asks Noem for more budget information

By Chris Johnson
Posted May 7, 2025 at 1:27pm
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., is seen on the Senate side of the Capitol on July 9, 2024.

GOP aims at contempt of court in House reconciliation text

By Chris Johnson
Posted May 5, 2025 at 3:18pm, Updated May 7, 2025 at 1:04pm
A Customs and Border Protection agent processes migrants who crossed the border in the Rio Grande Valley Sector of Texas.

DHS budget seeks significant boost for immigration approach

By Chris Johnson
Posted May 2, 2025 at 4:56pm
A woman holds a sign reading "Santuario de Inmigrantes" (Immigrant Sanctuary) as protestors demonstrate in April to protect the District of Columbia as a sanctuary city.

Federal judge blocks US funding freeze for sanctuary jurisdictions

By Chris Johnson
Posted April 24, 2025 at 3:37pm
Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., arrives to chair a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 2022 on protecting election workers.

Durbin’s run at Judiciary Committee focused on immigration, judges

By Chris Johnson, Michael Macagnone and Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 23, 2025 at 2:33pm
The Supreme Court building at sunset.

Supreme Court again faces question of Trump immigration move

By Chris Johnson
Posted April 21, 2025 at 3:09pm
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington.

Judge starts contempt of court process over US immigration moves

By Chris Johnson
Posted April 16, 2025 at 3:53pm
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks with reporters in the Capitol in Washington last year.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen trip seeks return of migrant deported in error

By Chris Johnson
Posted April 16, 2025 at 12:57pm
Members of the U.S. military stand in front of the border wall along the U.S. and Mexico border near San Ysidro last month, part of Trump administration efforts to stop the flow of migrants from entering the U.S.

Judge blocks US from cutting short Biden-era immigration status

By Chris Johnson
Posted April 15, 2025 at 1:28pm, Updated at 4:24pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told reporters at an event Wednesday that the Trump administration "will continue to use" the Alien Enemies Act to remove migrants deemed criminals.

Judge blocks Trump immigration move at one Texas prison

By Chris Johnson
Posted April 9, 2025 at 5:08pm
President Donald Trump arrives Tuesday to sign an executive order in the East Room of the White House.

Groups start anew in legal challenge to Trump immigration move

By Chris Johnson
Posted April 8, 2025 at 4:58pm
Workers erect scaffolding around the exterior of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Friday.

Supreme Court allows Trump immigration move under wartime law

By Chris Johnson
Posted April 7, 2025 at 8:53pm
E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington.

Judge ponders contempt of court over US immigration actions

By Chris Johnson
Posted April 3, 2025 at 6:50pm
A display reads "Trump administration says it deported 17 more 'violent criminals' to El Salvador" as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing Tuesday.

US touts use of El Salvador prison with human rights concerns

By Chris Johnson
Posted April 2, 2025 at 12:15pm
The Supreme Court building is seen at sunset in Washington.

US asks Supreme Court to allow Trump action on Venezuelan gang

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 28, 2025 at 1:13pm
The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C.

Appeals court keeps temporary hold on Trump deportation move

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 26, 2025 at 7:35pm
A woman holds a sign against the deportation of 238 Venezuelans from the U.S. to a Salvadoran jail, in Maracaibo, Venezuela on March 18.

US resists transparency on Venezuelan gang deportation moves

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 24, 2025 at 1:28pm
President Donald Trump, seen Monday during a tour at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, posted on social media Tuesday that the judge in the case should be impeached.

DOJ says disclosing migrant flight information is ‘inappropriate’

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 18, 2025 at 2:43pm
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington.

Groups question if Trump deportation move defied court order

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 17, 2025 at 12:38pm
President Donald Trump touted the gold card plan during an address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, but didn't ask Congress to take action to implement it. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump’s $5 million ‘gold card’ visa plan likely needs Congress

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 12, 2025 at 2:02pm
From left to right, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Denver Mayor Michael Johnston, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu testify during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing Wednesday about sanctuary policies.

Mayors defend sanctuary policies amid Trump deportation push

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 5, 2025 at 1:19pm, Updated at 2:52pm
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, left, and Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J.

Some Republicans question approach to immigration case backlog

By Chris Johnson
Posted March 3, 2025 at 5:07pm, Updated at 7:36pm
A Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrols the border fence in El Paso, Texas on Aug. 23, 2019.

DHS signs up local agencies in immigration enforcement push

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 25, 2025 at 5:10pm
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has appeared in advertisements and social media posts to promote the Trump administration's tough-on-immigration stance.

Trump administration seeks to boost awareness of immigration approach

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 24, 2025 at 6:58pm
The welcome sign at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in 2023.

Detention center in Cuba sparks concerns about costs, migrant rights

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 10, 2025 at 3:36pm
Deported migrants are guarded by elements of Mexico's National Institute of Migration on Saturday at the entrance of the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Immigrant rights groups file lawsuit to stop Trump asylum policy

By Chris Johnson
Posted February 3, 2025 at 5:41pm
An American soldier monitors the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Friday.

Trump immigration enforcement push comes with military flourish

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 29, 2025 at 2:55pm
Kristi Noem, the next Homeland Security secretary, testifies during her Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Jan. 17.

Senate confirms Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 25, 2025 at 11:42am, Updated at 12:11pm
A group of 80 Mexicans are deported from the United States on Thursday through Ciudad Juarez via the Paso del Norte international bridge.

Mexico and other countries could hamper Trump border plans

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 24, 2025 at 10:03am
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., pressed for passage of the immigration bill in the Senate.

Immigration bill heads to Trump’s desk after House passage

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 22, 2025 at 6:00pm
Kenneth Cuccinelli, a former top official with the Homeland Security Department during the first Trump administration, cautioned senators last week against an official designation of drug cartels as terrorist groups.

Experts cautious on designating drug cartels as terrorist groups

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 21, 2025 at 6:43pm
Asylum seekers wait Tuesday to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol as seen from Tijuana, Mexico, after President Donald Trump began his second term in office with a series of tough-on-immigration measures.

States challenge Trump order seeking to end birthright citizenship

By Michael Macagnone and Chris Johnson
Posted January 21, 2025 at 6:04pm
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Presiden Donald Trump’s nominee to be Homeland Security secretary, testifies during her Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing Friday.

Senate panel advances Trump pick to lead Homeland Security

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 20, 2025 at 7:44pm
U.S. security forces prevent migrants coming to the border from crossing into the U.S. in April 2024.

Trump plans series of actions on immigration, border security

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 20, 2025 at 11:53am
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be Homeland Security secretary, greets Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., right, during her Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing Friday. Noem was introduced by Cramer and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.

Homeland Security pick details immigration policy plans

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 17, 2025 at 3:04pm
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be Homeland Security secretary, is sworn in for her confirmation hearing on Friday before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Noem touts state experience on national security issues

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 17, 2025 at 10:21am
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., used his first meeting as chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to hold a vote on the Trump-era immigration policy.

Senate panel votes in support of ‘Remain in Mexico’ border policy

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 16, 2025 at 2:29pm