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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
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be Homeland Security secretary, Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., left, and Hogan Gidley, aide to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., are seen in Hart Building in December.

Kristi Noem largely glides unnoticed amid other Trump picks

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 14, 2025 at 2:24pm, Updated at 4:51pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on Tuesday.

Senate votes to move forward on immigration bill

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 9, 2025 at 5:21pm
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in November.

Senate appears poised to move forward on immigration bill

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 8, 2025 at 5:28pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune seeks to hold a procedural vote as soon as Friday on a Senate version of the immigration bill.

Republicans move on immigration bill with some bipartisan support

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 7, 2025 at 5:03pm
Initial immigration bills the House might take up include one similar to legislation backed by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. She is seen in the Capitol on Dec. 20.

House Republicans look to tee up immigration bills

By Chris Johnson
Posted January 2, 2025 at 4:12pm
Kristi Noem, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Homeland Security secretary, arrives for a meeting with Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., on Tuesday.

Kristi Noem meets senators as Trump’s pick to lead Homeland Security

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 11, 2024 at 4:18pm
Patty Morin holds a picture of her daughter, Rachel, who was allegedly killed by undocumented immigrant in Maryland in 2023, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.

Senate Democrats air concerns about Trump mass deportation plan

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 10, 2024 at 4:59pm
Senate Republicans under incoming leader John Thune, seen in the Capitol last month, are planning as much as $85 billion for border security as part of an initial bill for budget reconciliation. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Republicans start making immigration plans for next year

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 9, 2024 at 6:48pm
Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., questions Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. during a hearing Thursday of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump.

House task force finishes work on Trump assassination attempt

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 5, 2024 at 5:14pm
Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, gets into a heated exchange Thursday with Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. during a hearing of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump.

Rep. Pat Fallon spars with Secret Service head over photo op claim

By Chris Johnson
Posted December 5, 2024 at 2:32pm
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters, D-Mich., called it a “shocking departure” from the tradition of public testimony at the annual hearing.

Mayorkas and Wray skip public Senate hearing on threats to nation

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 21, 2024 at 2:50pm, Updated at 6:17pm
Tom Homan, retired acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, testifies during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing in January.

Trump selects immigration enforcers for key administration roles

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 12, 2024 at 2:34pm, Updated at 3:38pm
Mexican migration authorities guard one of the sides of the Tijuana River at the U.S.-Mexico border seen from Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico.

Trump can make immigration moves on his first day back in office

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 8, 2024 at 4:12pm
A Trump campaign sign about immigration is seen last month in Douglas, Ariz.

Trump win opens door to major shift in US immigration policies

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 6, 2024 at 3:16pm
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., sought in September to pass legislation to require states to remove noncitizens from voter lists.

GOP centers election concerns on noncitizen voting, but it’s rare

By Chris Johnson
Posted November 1, 2024 at 4:19pm
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who announced the review of voter rolls in August, said Friday that the state would appeal the federal judge's decision.

Federal judge orders Virginia to reinstate names purged from voting rolls, including noncitizens

By Chris Johnson
Posted October 25, 2024 at 3:27pm, Updated October 26, 2024 at 7:00pm
Chairman Mike Kelly, R-Pa., speaks during a September hearing of the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump.

Task force on Trump shooting faults Secret Service communication

By Chris Johnson
Posted October 21, 2024 at 12:09pm
Elon Musk attended Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress in July.

Elon Musk sweeps members of Congress into his social media sway

By Chris Johnson
Posted October 21, 2024 at 10:46am
Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., speaks during the Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump hearing Thursday.

House task force hears from local officers on Trump rally shooting

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 26, 2024 at 2:55pm
Former President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech during the final night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee with a bandage on an ear that was injured in the assassination attempt.

Senate probe finds Secret Service failures at Trump rally shooting

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 25, 2024 at 5:00am
A Republican voter Friday in Orange, Va., wears a lanyard with an image of former President Donald Trump reacting immediately after an assassination attempt in July.

House moves to bolster Secret Service after assassination scares

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 23, 2024 at 3:57pm, Updated at 6:51pm
Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right, and Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., attend the House Judiciary Committee hearing titled “The Biden-Harris Border Crisis: Victim Perspectives” on Sept. 10.

House panel helped boost Ohio immigrant pet-eating claims

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 18, 2024 at 1:48pm
A reporter prepares a question for President Joe Biden before he spoke with reporters Monday on the South Lawn of the White House about the latest assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Second Trump assassination scare sparks more security concerns

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 16, 2024 at 3:46pm
Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, right, and Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., attend the House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.

Trump, Republicans try to stir up support for noncitizen voting bill

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 11, 2024 at 6:55pm
Ron Rowe, acting director of the Secret Service, leaves the Capitol in July after a briefing with senators.

Secret Service says Trump security failure wasn’t result of budget

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 9, 2024 at 5:20pm
Former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump in July on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Republicans use spending clash to highlight immigration issue

By Chris Johnson
Posted September 9, 2024 at 1:39pm
President Joe Biden in June announced the "Keeping Families Together" program.

Biden administration starts ‘Keeping Families Together’ program

By Chris Johnson
Posted August 19, 2024 at 2:54pm
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally Saturday at the University of Las Vegas Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

Harris campaign starts to talk tough on border security

By Chris Johnson
Posted August 14, 2024 at 12:25pm
Vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz takes the stage Wednesday to speak to several thousand attendees at a Harris-Walz presidential campaign rally in Detroit.

Walz immigration moves sharpen election border security debate

By Chris Johnson
Posted August 8, 2024 at 3:18pm
Ronald Rowe Jr., acting director of the Secret Service, waits to testify last month during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing on security failures and the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Senators scrutinize Secret Service spending after Trump shooting

By Chris Johnson
Posted August 6, 2024 at 9:40am
Then-Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., attends the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in June 2020 on challenges facing Customs and Border Protection.

Trump and GOP turn border policy blame toward Harris

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 31, 2024 at 1:05pm, Updated at 4:11pm
Ronald Rowe Jr., acting director of the Secret Service, waits Tuesday to testify at a Senate hearing on the security failures leading to the assassination attempt on Former President Donald Trump.

Senators pitch responses after Trump rally shooting security lapse

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 30, 2024 at 4:59pm
Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Mike Kelly speaks to supporters of former President Donald Trump just outside the Butler Fairgrounds the day after the July 13 assassination attempt on Trump at a campaign rally.

House names members to task force on Trump rally shooting

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 29, 2024 at 5:10pm
Kimberly Cheatle testifies Monday during the House Oversight and Accountability hearing on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

Secret Service director resigns after Trump rally shooting

By Chris Johnson
Posted July 23, 2024 at 12:07pm