The Department of Homeland Security announced plans Friday to restart limited border wall construction, closing a "gap" in the barrier in Arizona that appears to have been left when President Biden stopped construction on his first day in office. Published May 27, 2022
Homeland Security will launch its new asylum policy next week on a limited basis, giving some illegal immigrants another crack at claiming a legal status in the U.S. Published May 26, 2022
The country suffered through more than 60 active shooter incidents last year, and in 18 of those attacks, the shooter was killed by a good guy with a gun -- four of them by average citizens, according to the FBI. Published May 26, 2022
President Biden is pushing an expansive agenda -- but Trump-appointed judges are pushing back, using a powerful combination of legal tools to stymy the administration. Published May 26, 2022
Uncle Sam is seeing a surprising surge in federal revenue and waning pandemic spending that will drastically cut the federal deficit this year, delivering a brief respite before the pain deepens in the latter half of this decade, the Congressional Budget Office reported Wednesday. Published May 25, 2022
Federal agents broke up an ISIS-led plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush in retaliation for the deaths of Iraqis during the U.S. invasion, authorities announced Tuesday. Published May 24, 2022
A Border Patrol agent who was on the take, waving illegal immigrants through his Texas highway checkpoint station in exchange for cash payments, was slapped with a 21-month prison sentence Tuesday. Published May 24, 2022
If Uncle Sam won't build the border wall, it's time to find someone who can, said Sen. Joni Ernst, who said she's fed up with tons of steel sitting unused. Published May 24, 2022
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas released a video Tuesday urging would-be migrants not to test the U.S. border, saying they are taking big risks and it may not pay off since some of them will be returned to their homes. Published May 24, 2022
Homeland Security is still evaluating the future of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' "disinformation board," but it will have to overcome major misgivings among the public, according to a poll released Monday that underscored just how "highly unpopular" the idea was. Published May 23, 2022
The Homeland Security Department said it is complying with a judge's ruling halting the Biden administration from putting the kibosh on the Title 42 pandemic border shutdown, delivering a win to Republicans and a reprieve to many Democrats who feared political fallout should President Biden have fully reopened the border. Published May 22, 2022
When the country's top-ranked public high school changed its admissions policy two years ago, it insisted the goal wasn't to hurt Asian Americans. Published May 21, 2022
A federal judge put the kibosh on the Biden administration's plans to reopen the border to unauthorized migrants, ruling Friday that the president's team cut too many corners when it decided to end the Title 42 policy. Published May 20, 2022
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday he had activated the state's border security command center to try to prepare for a flood of illegal immigrants if the Biden administration follows through on ending the Title 42 pandemic border policy. Published May 20, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that it has "paused" its disinformation governance board because the botched rollout and "false attacks" on its mission have become too much of a distraction for the board to move ahead right now. Published May 18, 2022
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas toured the border in Texas on Tuesday and gave reporters a firsthand look at a flight shipping illegal immigrants out of the country, portraying a position of strength as he prepared to battle a renewed border surge later this month. Published May 17, 2022
More than 20,000 Ukrainians stormed the U.S.-Mexico border last month, showing up at border crossings and asking to be let in under a new leniency policy from the Biden administration. Published May 17, 2022
The IRS has dramatically cut back on audits of the wealthiest Americans over the last decade and the poorest taxpayers are now audited at a higher rate than the middle class, Congress' chief watchdog reported Tuesday. Published May 17, 2022
Federal authorities discovered a sophisticated cross-border tunnel used to smuggle millions of dollars of drugs from Mexico, and nabbed six people accused of running the operation on the U.S. side, the government revealed Monday. Published May 16, 2022
Homeland Security released more than 100,000 illegal immigrants caught at the border in April, according to new numbers the department provided to a federal judge Monday. Published May 16, 2022
