Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says Immigration and Customs Enforcement will increase training for new officers

Mullin faced the Senate Appropriations committee amid scrutiny over the agency's budget and immigration enforcement ahead of the World Cup.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that it closed an office that works as a watchdog serving those in immigration detention.

The House has taken a crucial step toward funding the Department of Homeland Security. The action Wednesday won't immediately provide funds, but it unlocks a stalled process that has led to the longest agency shutdown in history.

The Department of Homeland Security is pausing plans to buy more warehouses to detain immigrants, according to two senior DHS officials who stressed the decision may only be temporary. The two officials said that while purchasing is on hold, plans are ...

Homeland Security immigration leaders disagreed so vehemently over how to accomplish President Donald Trump’s goal of deporting 1 million people during his first year back in office that during a meeting over the issue, handlers had to “clear the room ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., smiles after a closed door meeting with fellow Republicans working to break the Homeland Security funding stalemate, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite ...

WASHINGTON — Should Sen. Markwayne Mullin be approved as the next secretary of Homeland Security, he will walk into the department's sprawling Washington, D.C., campus with his work cut out for him. Immigration enforcement is at a crossroads. Disaster ...

Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin on Wednesday backed a House Republican’s call for bipartisan legislation to increase penalties for protesters who publicly disclose the identities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel.