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President-elect Trump's nominee for DHS Secretary repeated a widely debunked claim that 13,000 convicted murderer migrants are "loose in this country."

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be the next Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Kristi Noem, got into a tense exchange with Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal (D) during her Senate confirmation hearing on Friday.

President Joe Biden signed the DHS Border Services Contract Review Act into law Dec. 23, to enhance oversight and efficiency in federal border security contracts.

The Florida Rep. recalled that FBI Director Christopher Wray recommended Joseph Cuffari not be fired

The organization is concerned about how such policies could impact the civil rights and civil liberties of immigrants

Most of the detainees are Haitian and Cuban migrants who use makeshift boats to try to reach the United States by sea.

The program, also known as CHNV, resumed the final week of August after a one-month pause following a report that revealed instances of fraud

Despite the vast differences in each candidate's approach, the immigration system is looking at immense strain in the near future

The DHS Secretary also touted Biden's recent executive order saying it's "changing the calculus for those considering crossing our border"

A former DHS assistant secretary will reinforce the administration's efforts of border security and immigration

The country further expanded its program weeks after doubling its visa quota for 2024

The program is designed to grant legal entry to thousands of skilled workers every year in the fields of science, math, engineering and the tech industry.

Internal emails provide details about these potential signs of life on board the OceanGate Expeditions' submersible.

A former Homeland Security deputy undersecretary for intelligence reveled on Wednesday that acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf had asked him to halt assessments of Russia’s alleged meddling with the November elections and to downplay U.S. white supremacist activity, saying such issues would “make the president look bad.”

Family detention by Border Patrol has just been rejected by the courts and could become an issue in the 2016 presidential campaign.

A former CBP insider says that polygraph tests could prevent future abuse

Protections under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals will start to expire in September. USCIS wants those seeking a renewal to apply between 120-150 days in advance.

DHS secretary Jeh Johnson said the program might be changed to target immigrants after they were convicted of a crime rather than simply after being booked or arrested.

Jeh Johnson met with separate groups of Dreamers, sheriffs, and anti-immigration proponents on Wednesday.

DHS officials said that the new licenses for undocumented immigrants needed to be clearly marked as different from regular ones.

A one-time inspector general responsible for oversight of the Department of Homeland Security has been found to have had an improperly close -- and insufficiently independent -- relationship with top DHS officials.

Initial changes may include granting lengthier background checks of detainees and shortening the time period undocumented immigrants are considered recent entries.

Some 22 Republican senators addressed a letter to President Barack Obama this week, which slammed the use of proprietorial discretion in immigration enforcement and expressed "grave concern" with proposed changes.

Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus returned from a meeting with DHS head Jeh Johnson seeming pleased with what they'd been told.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has released a series of recommendations for the Obama administration which includes extending protection from deportation to a much greater group of undocumented immigrants.

Obama considering policy changes on immigration-enforcement which would cut back on deportations of noncitizens who were only guilty of immigration violations.

Obama has ordered Homeland Security secretary Jeh Johnson to review how the agency can "conduct enforcement more humanely."

An immigrant advocacy group has filed a petition to temporarily halt deportations. They cite a law on federal agency procedure in saying DHS must explain its decision to deny or grant the request.

The new head of the Department of Homeland Security came out in favor of what he called an “earned path to citizenship” for some undocumented immigrants during the US Conference of Mayors last week.

A federal judge questioned whether the Department of Homeland Security is trying to hide something by refusing to comply with an earlier court order for them to turn over some 22,000 documents on immigrant detainees to the ACLU.