Department of Homeland Security

WATCH: House committee holds first hearing considering impeachment of DHS head Mayorkas

By Lisa Mascaro, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

The House panel has been circling Mayorkas all year, at times expected to lurch ahead with impeachment proceedings against him as the border crossings hit record highs, topping 10,000 on some days. The number has recently dipped.

WATCH: DHS Secretary Mayorkas delivers remarks at U.S.-Mexico border

By Stephen Groves, Associated Press

Senate negotiators were trying to land a bipartisan border security proposal this week that could unlock Senate Republican support for Ukraine aid. But as Congress returns, House conservatives are trying to interject their own hardline immigration demands.

WATCH: House hearing on 'Threats to the Homeland' with DHS Secretary Mayorkas

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

The department has been rallying support for three authorities it says are vital to protect the country but are either already lapsed or in danger of lapsing without congressional action.

WATCH: Mayorkas, Becerra testify in Senate hearing for additional security and health funding

By News Desk

Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas and Health and Human Services Secretary Becerra testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday to review Biden's supplemental funding requests for their respective departments.

Settlement would stop U.S. government from separating families at border

By Amna Nawaz, Dorothy Hastings

A proposed settlement from the Biden administration would allow migrant families who were separated from their children at the southern border to stay in the U.S. for three years and apply for asylum while getting aid. If a judge accepts…

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U.S. allowing hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in the country to work legally

By Rebecca Santana, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

The Biden administration says it's granting temporary legal status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who are already in the country as it grapples with growing numbers of people fleeing the South American country and elsewhere.

Biden administration extends temporary legal status for Ukrainians living in U.S.

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

The Homeland Security Department says the move is expected to make 166,700 Ukrainians eligible for Temporary Protected Status, up from about 26,000 currently.

WATCH: Homeland Security announces new Inflation Reduction Act investment

By News Desk

The IRA, President Joe Biden's climate, health and tax package, turned a year old on Wednesday.

Congressional Hispanic Caucus asks Biden to investigate separation of fathers at border

By Laura Barrón-López, Saher Khan, Tess Conciatori

Reports of inhumane treatment from the separation of families to razor wires on river buoys have put a spotlight on the tactics of Operation Lone Star, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's effort to control migration at the U.S.-Mexico border. Hispanic Democratic…

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FBI, Homeland Security ignored 'massive amount' of intelligence before Jan. 6, Senate report says

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

A Senate committee's report says the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security downplayed or ignored “a massive amount of intelligence information” before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S Capitol.