In one of his last interviews in office, Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas reflects on immigration’s role in Trump’s return to power and the relentless threats facing the homeland.

U.S. officials have announced the latest border data, and it suggests the Biden administration is poised to end its term without an expected bump in illegal border crossings.

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is talking about what went wrong, and making a case for what went right on his watch during the Biden administration. Mayorkas will step down next ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in part 2 of his exit interview.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Jan. 17 a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) aimed at tightening the de minimis duty exemption for certain low-value shipments entering the U.S. The proposed changes would make certain products ineligible for the exemption,

In the waning days of the Biden administration, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended his agency's work to tamp down border-crossing numbers and argued against breaking apart the ...

Amna Nawaz discussed more with outgoing Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Immigration has been a white-hot political issue for years and helped propel Donald Trump back into the White House.

Nearly 936,500 people have used the CBP One app to schedule appointments ... Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas credited the Biden administration’s June 2024 proclamation that ...

In December, the number of migrant encounters by Border Patrol along the Southwest border dropped to about 47,300 — the lowest since August 2020

Legal experts and researchers say incoming President Donald Trump's promised mass deportations could actually end up undermining goals of public safety and national security.

Jason Owens, the retiring chief, said he hopes future leaders remain impartial and keep politics out of the agency.

Trump tapped Noem to serve as his homeland security secretary only a week after winning the election in November.