DHS

DHS revokes legal protections for 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans

8:34am March 22, 2025

The Department of Homeland Security's new policy, revoking legal protections for hundreds of thousands, impacts people who are already in the U.S. and who came under a humanitarian parole program.

Migrant Crossings At Southern Border Increase Ahead Of Title 42 Expiration

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ICE officers granted access to unaccompanied minors database

12:24pm February 14, 2025

Trump administration officials say the move was necessary "to build a culture of child safety and accountability." But advocates say they fear the administration will use it for immigration enforcement.

Nina Jankowicz resigned as head of the Disinformation Governance Board at DHS after relentless attacks from conservatives. DHS has put the board on pause.

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She joined DHS to fight disinformation. She says she was halted by... disinformation

5:00am May 21, 2022

by Shannon Bond

Nina Jankowicz looks back at how exaggerations and falsehoods stoked so many doubts about the Disinformation Governance Board that DHS paused it after just three weeks.

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A group within the Department of Homeland Security focused on combating disinformation has been paused.

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DHS pauses a board created to combat disinformation amid a campaign to discredit it

5:11pm May 18, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it would pause the work of a board created to combat disinformation. The board — and its leader — faced an online campaign to discredit its work.

Customs and Border Protection agents apprehend a group of Brazilian migrants in Otay Mesa, Calif., in August 2021.

The U.S. is ending its pandemic border rules. It could mean a surge in migration

12:54pm April 01, 2022

by Laurel Wamsley

The Biden administration is moving to end sweeping pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42 on May 23. The controversial public health order was used to quickly expel migrants at the border.

Truckers are planning a potential protest outside the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Feb 13., the day of the Super Bowl, according to a memo from the Department of Homeland Security.

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Truckers may try to disrupt Super Bowl and the State of the Union, DHS memo says

6:03pm February 10, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

A Department of Homeland Security memo says truckers protesting vaccine requirements are planning a potential disruption at the Super Bowl in Los Angeles and the State of the Union in Washington, D.C.

The Adelanto U.S. Immigration and Enforcement Processing Center in Adelanto, Calif., is operated by GEO Group, Inc., a Florida-based company specializing in privatized corrections. The facility is one of 39 recommended by the ACLU for closure.

ACLU Calls On DHS To Close ICE Detention Centers, Citing High Cost Of Empty Beds

9:07pm April 28, 2021

by Joel Rose

The ACLU wants the Biden administration to close dozens of immigration detention facilities, citing the historically low number of immigrants in detention and the high cost of paying for empty beds.

In this file photo, young migrants, whose faces cannot be shown, sit inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Facility in Tucson, Arizona.

Hundreds Of Migrant Children Held In Border Detention For More Than 10 Days

10:19pm March 18, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

More than 500 migrant children have spent more than 240 hours in the jail-like detention centers at the border as of Thursday, according to a DHS document obtained by NPR.

Honduran migrants walking in a group stop before Guatemalan police in January near Agua Caliente, Guatemala. The Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says U.S. immigration agents in Guatemala helped officials deport Hondurans traveli

Democratic Lawmakers Denounce DHS 'Ad Hoc' Migrant Deportations In Guatemala

4:23pm October 29, 2020

by Carrie Kahn

Democratic lawmakers are demanding more information from the Trump administration about U.S. agents working in Guatemala to round up Honduran migrants and send them to the Guatemala-Honduras border.

President Trump listens to acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf during a May briefing. Trump announced on Twitter he was nominating Wolf as DHS chief, but it's unclear if the GOP-controlled Senate will vote to confirm him.

Trump Nominates Chad Wolf To Be Homeland Security Chief

7:31pm August 25, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

Wolf has headed the department in an acting capacity since November. It is unclear if the GOP-controlled Senate will vote to confirm him.