Nov 15 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. Continue reading
Nov 08 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. Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 2:55 News Wrap: Tropical Storm Ophelia drenches communities along Atlantic Coast In our news wrap Saturday, Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall in North Carolina, the family of a Black high school student suspended for his hairstyle is suing Texas Gov. Abbott and Attorney General Paxton, car dealers may soon feel ripple… Continue watching
Sep 23 Granting of temporary legal status for Venezuelan migrants draws mixed reactions By Regina Garcia Cano, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Biden administration's grant of temporary legal status to nearly 500,000 Venezuelans already in the U.S. may complicate its messaging abroad. Critics say it encourages others to come, but others say Venezuelans will come with or without prospects for temporary… Continue reading
Sep 21 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. Continue reading
Aug 17 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. Continue reading
Aug 08 Massachusetts governor declares state of emergency amid influx of migrants seeking shelter By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Healey said there are nearly 5,600 families or more than 20,000 people – many of whom are migrants -- currently living in state shelters. That's up from around 3,100 families a year ago, about an 80 percent increase. Continue reading
Jul 26 WATCH: House Republicans grill Mayorkas on ‘disastrous’ border policy and renew impeachment calls By News Desk Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced a barrage of criticism Wednesday from House Republicans who, in recent months, have floated impeaching him over what they say is his dereliction of duty in securing the southern border. Continue reading
May 10 WATCH: U.S. to limit asylum at Mexico border, ‘very difficult’ days as COVID-19 restrictions end By María Verza, Colleen Long, Morgan Lee, Associated Press U.S. officials will begin denying asylum on Thursday to migrants who show up at the Mexico border without first seeking protection in a country they passed through. Continue reading
May 08 More migrants cross border as U.S. to end Title 42 restrictions By Rebecca Santana, Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press A recent surge of migrants in the Brownsville, Texas, area of the U.S.-Mexico border is highlighting immigration challenges as the U.S. prepares for the end of a coronavirus pandemic-era policy that allowed it to quickly expel many migrants. Continue reading