Homeland Security

Measles outbreak at Texas ICE facility leads to full quarantine

The cases at Dilley Immigration Processing Center were confirmed by the state's health department on Saturday, DHS said, adding that "all detainees are being provided with proper medical care."

FILE PHOTO: Protesters opposing mass deportations by ICE hold signs during a protest held at the Cassidy Gate at Fort Bliss, the U.S. Army base where a large new ICE detention facility is being built, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., August 17, 2025.
Demonstrators carry placards on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 23, 2026

Minnesota federal judge declines order to halt to Trump's immigration enforcement in Minneapolis

Don Lemon attends the premiere of the fourth season of the TV show "The Morning Show" in New York City, US, September 9, 2025.

FBI arrests former CNN anchor Don Lemon in investigation over anti-ICE church protest

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks with the media while arriving for a vote, as members of Congress work to resolve a dispute over immigration enforcement and avert a looming partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 29, 2026.

Democrats say deal reached with Trump to avert shutdown, immigration talks to continue


Erdan discusses visa waiver for Israelis with US DHS Secretary

Including Israel in the program has been a matter of ongoing discussions between Jerusalem and Washington for years.

A member of a flight crew wears a face mask as a preventive measure during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as he arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City

Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas vows to fight domestic terror

Mayorkas was sworn in after the January 6 Capitol riot by supporters of Donald Trump.

Alejandro Mayorkas, nominee to be secretary of Homeland Security, testifies during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in Washington, DC, US. January 19, 2021.

Senate confirms Alejandro Mayorkas as Homeland Security secretary

Mayorkas is one of a number of Jewish Cabinet secretaries, including Antony Blinken in the State Department, Janet Yellen in Treasury and Avril Haines as director of national intelligence.

US DEPUTY SECRETARY of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas

Hawley blocks immediate Homeland Security confirmation of Mayorkas

A broad array of Jewish groups have urged the Senate to confirm Mayorkas immediately because of the rise of violent extremism.

US Senator Josh Hawley speaks during the third day of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett

Biden Homeland Security nominee discusses antisemitism with Jewish group

White supremacists were among the marauders who raided and looted the Capitol on Wednesday in a bid to overturn Joe Biden’s defeat of President Donald Trump.

US DEPUTY SECRETARY of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas

Alejandro Mayorkas, the Cuban-Jewish attorney who may head Biden's DHS

Mayorkas' ties with Israel extend beyond his family. In 2016, he spearheaded a deal to automate the sharing of cyber-data between Israel and the US.

Alejandro Mayorkas, US Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security gestures as he speaks during the annual Cyberweek conference at Tel Aviv University, Israel June 20, 2016.

Former Homeland Security official says he wrote anonymous op-ed on Trump

"He doesn’t deserve a second term in office, and we don’t deserve to live through it."

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses reporters during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 10, 2020

US Homeland Security calls white supremacists the ‘most lethal’ threat

The Homeland Threat Assessment, released on Tuesday, details an array of violent domestic threats in the United States.

A U.S. Homeland Security Protective Service truck parks outside the Jacob Javits Federal office building in New York, October 29, 2014

Portland-area rabbis call on Homeland Security to withdraw federal agents

Portland has been the site of protests against racial inequality and police brutality for the past 50 nights, in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis o

U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010.

Report: China hid coronavirus info to hoard supplies

As China downplayed the severity of the virus, the country began increasing imports and decreasing exports of medical supplies

A man wears a mask as he walks past a mural showing a modified image of the Chinese Communist Party emblem in Shanghai, China after the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus, January 28, 2020