Alejandro Mayorkas

WATCH: DHS Secretary Mayorkas speaks on security for upcoming Super Bowl

By Christopher Weber, Associated Press

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at least 500 members of his department are devoted to safety for the big game, including agents focused on ferreting out cyber threats and preventing human trafficking.

WATCH: Senate committee questions Mayorkas on security at the border, fighting terrorism

By Associated Press

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security with Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifying.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas tests positive for COVID

By Associated Press

A DHS statement says the secretary has only "mild congestion" after taking a routine test Tuesday and testing positive. Mayorkas is fully vaccinated.

Biden administration unveils new plan for young immigrants

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

The proposal seeks to satisfy concerns of a federal judge who ruled in July that the policy was illegal. It takes on heightened importance as prospects for legislation have dimmed.

WATCH: DHS secretary says all migrants are gone from Texas border camp

By María Verza, Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press

DHS Secretary Mayorkas said the U.S. has allowed about 12,400 to enter the country, at least temporarily, while they make claims before an immigration judge to stay in the country.

In shift, DHS head says images from border ‘horrified’ him

By Alexandra Jaffe, Ben Fox, Associated Press

While a day earlier he seemingly sought to explain away the action, Mayorkas said Tuesday he was "horrified" by photos that have spread widely on social media.

WATCH: Mayorkas says U.S. could admit more than 50,000 people from airlift

By Ben Fox, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security says the government expects to admit more than 50,000 people into the country from the Afghanistan airlift.

WATCH: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds briefing at U.S.-Mexico border

By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press

While some migrants are flown directly to their Central American nations, the U.S. government has started flying some to southern Mexico, where where Mexican authorities carry them the rest of the way to Guatemala's border, even if they're not Guatemalan.

Travel numbers climb as Americans hit the road for holiday

By David Koenig, Associated Press

Americans are hitting the road in near-record numbers at the start of the holiday weekend. More than 1.8 million people went through U.S. airports Thursday.

U.S. ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

A detention facility in Georgia where women claim they were subjected to unwanted medical procedures and a Massachusetts jail that has drawn complaints of inhumane conditions will no longer be used to detain immigrants, the Biden administration said Thursday.