Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has launched a sweeping overhaul of the agency, dismissing senior officials tied to former Secretary Kristi Noem and ordering a review of contracts and spending decisions made under her watch, according to people familiar with the matter and reporting by The Wall Street Journal.
President Donald Trump signed legislation Thursday restoring full funding to the Department of Homeland Security, ending a 75-day funding lapse that set a record as the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. History.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said this week that statements containing what it perceives as extremist views will undergo "closer scrutiny."
The Department of Homeland Security has identified more than 24,000 names on U.S. voter rolls that may belong to noncitizens ineligible to cast ballots, the department announced Thursday.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin suggested that cities refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities may lose access to international flights.
President Trump declared that he will sign an executive order paying employees of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amid the ongoing partial shutdown.
White House Border Czar Tom Homan accused congressional Democrats Sunday of deliberately blocking Department of Homeland Security funding to force changes in immigration enforcement, saying lawmakers are "holding the department hostage" rather than pursuing policy changes through legislation.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent stationed at JFK International Airport saved a 1-year-old boy's life Thursday after the child stopped breathing in a crowded TSA screening line.
