Category: Department of Homeland Security

Mayorkas Says DHS ‘Ready to Meet’ Influx of Illegal Immigrants as Title 42 Expires

Hours before Title 42 was set to expire on May 11, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that stemming the flow of illegal immigrants at the U.S.–Mexico border would be a difficult but manageable challenge for the Biden administration. “This is a challenge, and we are going to meet this challenge,” Mayorkas…


LIVE NOW: House Subcommittee Hearing on DHS Suppression of Free Speech

The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability holds a hearing at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 11 on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Misinformation, Disinformation, Mal-information Monitoring Program. The hearing is entitled Censorship Laundering: How the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Enables the Silencing of Dissent. …


House Subcommittee Hearing on DHS Suppression of Free Speech

The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability holds a hearing at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 11 on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Misinformation, Disinformation, Mal-information Monitoring Program. The hearing is entitled Censorship Laundering: How the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Enables the Silencing of Dissent. …


Homeland Security Portrays White Conservatives as Radical Threats in Training Documents

America First Legal (AFL) has released documents obtained from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) showing that the agency has conducted programs that characterize white people and conservative values as tilting towards radicalism. An internal memo (pdf) dated Jan. 29, 2021—just nine days after Biden was sworn in as the president—talks about a “Choose…


Sen. Hawley Demands Probe Into 85,000 Missing Unaccompanied Alien Children

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has demanded the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigate the exploitation of thousands of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) who have been caught up in child smuggling and child labor operations. Data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows that around 345,000 minors have come across the border unaccompanied since early 2021…


DHS Using 12 Overlapping Programs to Monitor Americans: Sen. Rand Paul

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) pointed to at least 12 programs used by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to track what Americans say online as evidence the agency has departed from its original mission. Paul’s comments came during a hearing by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which heard testimony from DHS Secretary…


Why Hasn’t the GOP Yet Walked the Walk on Its Mayorkas Impeachment Talk?

It’s almost an understatement to say that Republican candidates campaigned hawkishly on border control in the runup to the 2022 midterms: As they decried the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs from Mexico, many vowed to impeach the man they largely blamed for the mess, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Republicans have continued hammering Mayorkas…


LIVE NOW: Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas Testifies to Senate Oversight Committee

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies to the U.S. Senate Oversight Committee at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 28 on the operation of the Department. …


Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas Testifies to Senate Oversight Committee

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies to the U.S. Senate Oversight Committee at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 28 on the operation of the Department. …


House Judiciary Leaders Demand Documents on Teen Illegal Alien Accused of Murdering Maryland Woman

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), chairman of the panel’s Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement are demanding multiple documents from executive branch officials regarding an unnamed 17-year-old illegal alien who is accused of murdering a 20-year-old Maryland woman in an unprovoked attack. The documents being demanded are required in…