DOJ officials, citing privilege, did not disclose details on the legal advice given to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem about deportations of Venezuelans to El Salvador.

The Trump administration said as recently as October that federal officials wanted to obtain driver’s license records from states.

Facing a criminal contempt of court probe, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and two senior Trump administration lawyers offered bare bones accounts of their roles in a decision not to turn around planes of Venezuelan migrants in March per a judge’s directive.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced the establishment of a specialized unit to strengthen the ability of America’s immigration system to screen out terrorists, criminal aliens,

A Homeland Security Department spokeswoman accused the previous administration of failing to vet asylum applicants “on a massive scale.”

The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illegal immigration.

The acting chief security officer at the U.S Department of Homeland Security in late November 2025 was named Iwona B. Horyn. Rumors circulated online in late November 2025 that the acting chief security officer of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was named Iwona B. Horyn.

Wilmer Toledo-Martinez was hospitalized with gashes on his body after his attorney and witnesses say he was attacked by a DHS dog before being detained.

Members of the House Homeland Security Committee clashed on party lines over issues of violence against law enforcement and tactics by federal immigration officers.