Jun 24 At hub for border crossings, families spread throughout U.S. By Will Weissert, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press It is not clear how many asylum-seekers are still entering the country, how many are being detained as families, and how many are being released. Continue reading
Jun 24 Trump officials pledge to reunite families amid border chaos By Colleen Long, Associated Press A fact sheet on "zero-tolerance prosecution and family reunification" released Saturday night by the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies also says a parent must request that their child be deported with them. Continue reading
Jun 23 Alumni of DHS head Nielsen’s high school raise money for immigrant legal aid By Vivekae Kim Alumni of the high school that DHS Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen attended have raised over $12,000 for immigrants in need of free and low-cost legal aid. Continue reading
Jun 20 WATCH: Trump says he’ll be ‘signing something’ on detained children Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has drafted an executive action for President Donald Trump that would direct her department to keep families together after they are detained crossing the border illegally. Continue reading
Jun 20 WATCH: House GOP leaders hold news conference amid family separation uproar By Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram, Associated Press House GOP leaders are holding a news conference at 10 a.m. ET as outrage builds over family separations at the southern border. Watch it live. Continue reading
Apr 27 Watch 3:35 ‘I didn’t come here to cross illegally. I came here for help’ By Jean Guerrero, KPBS More than 300 Central Americans have arrived in Tijuana, Mexico, in recent days, and plan on Sunday to ask for asylum at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. But President Trump has tweeted that Homeland Security is instructed to turn… Continue watching
Apr 03 Homeland Security discovers possible phone spying in Washington, D.C. By Frank Bajak, Associated Press The use of such cellphone-site simulators by foreign powers has long been a concern, but American intelligence and law enforcement agencies — which use such eavesdropping equipment themselves — have been silent on the issue until now. Continue reading
Mar 21 Watch 5:02 News Wrap: U.S. needs way to audit elections, says Homeland Security chief By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee criticized both the Trump and Obama administrations for a lack of urgency about Russian cyberattacks and election security. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen acknowledged there's a problem with making sure… Continue watching
Nov 20 Trump administration decides to let temporary permits for Haitians expire in 2019 By Luis Alonso Lugo, Associated Press The Trump administration said Monday it is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a 2010 powerful earthquake shook the Caribbean nation. Continue reading
Nov 08 WATCH: Confirmation hearing for DHS secretary nominee Kirstjen Nielsen By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump has nominated Kirstjen Nielsen as the new Department of Homeland Security secretary. Watch the confirmation hearing here. Continue reading