Latest U.S. Department of Homeland Security News

Top Trump administration officials in Chicago for start of immigration enforcement crackdown

Jan. 26, 2025 21:08 PM EST

CHICAGO (AP) — Top Trump administration officials, including “border czar” Tom Homan and the acting deputy attorney general, visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the start of ramped-up immigration enforcementin the nation’s third-largest city as federal agencies touted arrests around the...

Federal agencies begin removing DEI guidance from websites in Trump crackdown

Jan. 24, 2025 17:48 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agencies have begun removing resources for underrepresented Americans from their webpages following President Donald Trump's executive order cracking down on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Agencies also have been cancelling staff trainings...

On Dakota prairie, home of Trump's DHS pick, immigration crackdown threatens way of life, economy

Jan. 23, 2025 16:00 PM EST

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — On a face-numbingly frigid afternoon last week, Gov. Kristi Noem used a farewell address to South Dakotans to warn of an “invasion” far away from the state’s windswept prairies and freedom-loving farmers. The “illegal aliens” and “got-aways”...

Immigrant detention beds may be maxed out as Trump moves to deport 'millions and millions'

Jan. 23, 2025 01:13 AM EST

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s inauguration-day executive orders and promises of mass deportations of “millions and millions” of people will hinge on securing money for detention centers. The Trump administration has not publicly said how many immigration...

Everything Trump did in the first executive orders and actions of his presidency

Jan. 22, 2025 20:28 PM EST

President Donald Trump started his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient the U.S. government. His executive orders cover issues that range from trade, immigration and U.S. foreign aid to demographic diversity, civil rights and the hiring of federal workers....

Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee

Jan. 21, 2025 18:27 PM EST

President Donald Trump moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security Tuesday, firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up and eliminated all the members of a key aviation security advisory group. Trump's...

Authorities say a US border patrol agent was fatally shot in Vermont south of border

Jan. 20, 2025 22:21 PM EST

COVENTRY, Vt. (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday on a highway in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said. The death was confirmed by the FBI and Benjamine Huffman, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in Washington....

Trump orders government not to infringe on Americans’ speech, calls for censorship investigation

Jan. 20, 2025 20:38 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday ordered that no federal officer, employee or agent may unconstitutionally abridge the free speech of any American citizen, an early step toward his campaign promise to dismantle what he called government “censorship” of U.S. citizens. ...

Key moments from Kristi Noem's hearing for Homeland Security chief

Jan. 17, 2025 13:21 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump's pick to lead the agency central to his vision of cracking down on illegal immigration, faced senators Friday at a confirmation hearing and promised to be a tough hand in carrying out the president's vision for the sprawling...

White House holds homeland security tabletop exercise with senior Trump officials

Jan. 15, 2025 19:23 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior officials from President-elect Donald Trump's administration, including the majority of his designated Cabinet nominees, were at the White House on Wednesday to participate in a transition exercise hosted by President Joe Biden's team. The transition...