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During a training drill, Customs and Border Protection officials block the entrance to the San Ysidro port of entry. (Associated Press/File)

DHS to redeploy up to 2,000 officers to border crisis

Homeland Security will transfer up to 2,000 officers away from the ports of entry to assist the Border Patrol, Homeland Security Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Monday, escalating the all-hands approach to trying to stop the massive illegal immigration surge.

April 1, 2019
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., joined by Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., left, arrives to preside at a meeting directing the attorney general to transmit documents to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. After special counsel Robert Mueller's report was finished, Nadler says Congress must have the opportunity to evaluate the underlying evidence. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

House Dems announce first subpoena in Mueller probe

House Democrats announced plans Monday for their first subpoena in the Mueller probe, saying they'll demand not only the special counsel's final report but his entire investigative work product.

April 1, 2019
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk along the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 31, 2019, as they return from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump gripes over Census citizenship setback

President Trump complained Monday about his struggles to get a question about citizenship added to the 2020 census, saying it would be a waste of money carrying out the count unless it includes that inquiry.

April 1, 2019
Caravans of Central Americans and Cubans making their way through Mexico are worsening the crisis at the U.S. border, and people at ports of entry will feel the strain. (Associated Press)

U.S.-Mexico border ‘illegal immigration superhighway’

Anyone crossing the U.S.-Mexico border could end up stuck in longer lines as officers are pulled from the land ports of entry and deployed to help the Border Patrol transport, feed and see to the medical needs of the tens of thousands of people streaming illegally into the U.S. each week.

March 31, 2019
Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, center, announced that the Trump administration will temporarily reassign several hundred border inspectors during a news conference at the border in El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. McAleenan said the reassignment of 750 border inspectors would mean longer waits at crossings as the busy Easter holiday nears but that it was necessary to address what he called "an operational crisis." The reassigned officers will process migrants, provide transportation and perform hospital watches for migrants who require medical attention. It is unknown when they will return to their regular duties. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

Border crisis beginning to bring pain home for Americans

Lines at U.S. border crossings are already increasing after hundreds of officers have already been pulled off duty there are redeployed to help the Border Patrol process the surge of illegal immigrants being caught sneaking into the country elsewhere.

March 29, 2019
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen speaks at George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium in Washington, Monday, March 18, 2019 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

DHS to double seasonal guest worker increase

Homeland Security will dole out an additional 30,000 seasonal guest worker passes this year as it pushes to make good on President Trump's new promise to bring in more foreign labor amid a strong economy.

March 29, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks before awarding the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sgt. Travis Atkins with Atkins' son Trevor Oliver, 22, accepting the posthumous recognition for conspicuous gallantry in Iraq in June 2007, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday March 27, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump halts deportation for thousands of Liberians

President Trump granted a reprieve Thursday to thousands of Liberians who were about to become illegal immigrants, giving them another year to get their affairs in order before they must leave the U.S.

March 28, 2019