Category: Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

41 Percent of Illegal Immigrant Group Biden Admin Released Into US Never Showed Up for Court Dates

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) has yet to issue court summons for about 82 percent of the illegal immigrants it allowed into the United States after a federal court ordered a halt on a Biden administration immigration parole program. In May, Judge T. Kent Wetherell II of Florida’s Northern federal court district…


House Republicans Call for Defunding Mayorkas’s Salary Over Border Crisis

House Republicans are contemplating legislation that would eliminate Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s salary in response to mistrust over the failure to enforce the U.S. southern border. Republican legislators are now insisting that Mr. Mayorkas’s salary be part of the impending government funding dispute. Among those Republicans is Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who said in a…


Illegal Immigrant on Terror Watch List Released in US Due to ‘Multiple Mistakes,’ DHS Report Shows

The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) discovered “multiple mistakes” that led to the release of an illegal immigrant whose name appeared on the FBI’s terror watch list. In a June 28 report (pdf), the DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) detailed the Yuma, Arizona, arrest of an illegal immigrant and their family on…


Biden Admin Released 2,700 Illegal Immigrants Into US Despite Court Order Blocking Parole Program

Biden administration officials proceeded to release more than 2,700 illegal immigrants into the United States through a special parole policy mere hours after a federal court ordered a pause to the practice. The state of Florida sued the Biden administration last week in a challenge to the administration’s parole program, which allowed border officials to…


Biden Authorizes Southern Border Deployment of Reservist Troops

President Joe Biden authorized the deployment of reserve troops to the southern border to combat “international drug trafficking” under the National Emergencies Act in an executive order signed April 27. The executive order authorizes the secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to order to active duty reserve…


Mayorkas Draws Fire From Republicans at Committee Hearing

A House committee hearing on the 2024 budget proposal for the Department of Homeland Security became a veritable trial of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whom Republicans accused of intentionally failing to secure the U.S. border with Mexico. Committee Democrats tried, with little success, to turn the April 19 hearing of the Committee on Homeland Security back…


FEMA Didn’t Properly Vet Border Nonprofits That Received Millions in Federal Funds: Inspector General

Border relief organizations were not made to provide all required documentation before the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) granted them millions in humanitarian relief funds under a Biden-era program, according to a new report by the DHS Inspector General. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) handles the distribution of federal humanitarian relief funds. One of…


House Republicans Say Homeland Security Chief’s $60 Billion Budget Concedes Border Cannot Be Secured

Any federal department head with a $60.4 billion annual spending request is going to see fiscal hawks on Congressional panels flash their budget-cutting knives in appropriations hearings. But when it comes to embattled United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas—literally, the face of President Joe Biden’s much-maligned border and immigration policies—House Republicans…


$500 Million in Suspected Forced-Labor Goods Halted at US Border in 5 Months

Over the past five months, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has identified more than 1,900 shipments—valued at nearly $500 million—that were suspected of containing goods made with forced labor. The vast majority of those shipments, 1,701 valued at $487 million, were identified under the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act (UFLPA), which took effect less…


Rep. Gaetz: ‘We Don’t Have the Votes’ to Impeach Secretary Mayorkas

A Republican-led effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas may falter—despite the party’s narrow control of the House of Representatives. Republicans, who have been critical of Mayorkas’ handling of border security, have called for his impeachment as a way to remove him from office. But impeachment proponents have not yet been able to drum…