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The Homeland Security Department says more than 300,000 Haitians already in the United States will be eligible for a major expansion of temporary legal status because conditions in the Caribbean nation are unsafe for return.
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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says authorities face “extremely challenging” circumstances along the border with Mexico days before pandemic-related asylum restrictions end.
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The Biden administration says it will generally deny asylum to migrants who show up at the U.S. southern border without first seeking protection in a country they passed through.
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas insisted the new parole policy has relieved the border crisis — and so questioned why Republicans oppose it.
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The Biden administration wants immigration authorities to focus on threats to public safety, but a lower court said its guidelines went too far. Now the high court is hearing arguments in the case.
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The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it would pause the work of a board created to combat disinformation. The board — and its leader — faced an online campaign to discredit its work.
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday, where he's facing another heated round of questioning on Title 42.
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Homeland security officials say they are planning for a possible increase in migration, as the Biden administration faces growing pressure to end pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42.
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Saying Haiti right now is not a safe country for people to return to, the Biden Administration has renewed Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in the U.S.
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Four migrant families that were separated at the border by the Trump administration will be allowed to reunify in the United States this week, the secretary of Homeland Security announced.
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Alejandro Mayorkas is delivering remarks to a House panel about the influx of asylum-seekers to the southern border.
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Senate confirmation of the first immigrant to lead DHS comes on the same day President Biden is expected to sign a series of executive actions on immigration.