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U.S. acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testifies before a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the 2020 DHS budget request on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 22, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

WATCH: Trump administration proposes longer detention of migrant families

Pregnant Cuban asylum seeker Viviana Martinez waits in hopes of being let through the nearby U.S. port of entry at a makeshift migrant camp near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, on June 29, 2019. Photo by Loren Elliott/Reuters

U.S. expands ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy to include dangerous part of the border

The Department of Homeland Security said Friday it will implement its "Migrant Protection Protocols" in Brownsville, Texas, across the border from Matamoros, Mexico.

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testifies before a House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on "FY2020 Budget Hearing - Department of Homeland Security." on Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 30, 2019. Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters

WATCH: Homeland Security head McAleenan questioned over treatment of migrants

McAleenan's testimony comes one week after Democrats released a report that found 18 children under 2 years old were kept from their parents for up to six months.

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

How immigrant communities are preparing for possible ICE raids

President Trump has said that major arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants and migrants no longer eligible to remain in the country would begin this past Sunday. So far, the number of people detained appears to be small, but fear…

Families are seen crowded into a section of the Border Patrol station in Weslaco, Texas. Photo courtesy: Department of Homeland Security's Office of the Inspector General

Government photos show detained migrants pleading for help

The report by U.S. government auditors -- who visited facilities in South Texas where migrant adults and children are processed and detained -- offered new cause for alarm. It quotes one senior government manager as calling the situation "a ticking…

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

A look at how immigration authorities make arrests

By Astrid Galvan, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

Immigrant advocates and sympathizers are warning about arrests around the country as early as Sunday.

WATCH: Homeland Security testifies in wake of 6th migrant child death

By Gretchen Frazee

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan is scheduled to appear before senators a day after reports surfaced of another migrant child dying while in U.S. custody.

5th migrant child dies after being detained by Border Patrol

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

The U.S. government says a 16-year-old Guatemalan died Monday at a Border Patrol station in South Texas, the fifth death of a migrant child since December.

2020 campaigns grapple with how to manage cybersecurity

By Colleen Long, Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press

Whether presidential campaigns have learned from the cyberattacks is a critical question ahead as the 2020 election approaches. Preventing the attacks won't be easy or cheap.

U.S. to give immigrants DNA tests at the border to check for fraud

By Associated Press

Immigration officials will begin voluntary DNA testing in cases where officials suspect adults are fraudulently claiming to be the parents of children as they cross the U.S.-Mexico border together.