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January 25, 2025

Senate forces rare weekend vote to push through Kristi Noem as Homeland Security chief

The Senate will meet for a rare session on Saturday to vote on whether to confirm Gov. Kristi Noem as the director of Homeland Security.

January 25, 2025

Kristi Noem beats Senate confirmation hurdle, advancing to final vote for DHS role

Kristi Noem cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate on Friday, teeing up her final confirmation vote for early Sunday.

January 24, 2025

Trump DHS makes key move against migrants allowed in via controversial Biden parole programs

The Department of Homeland Security is opening the door to the parole status of migrants to be reviewed, leading to their eventual removal from the country.

January 24, 2025

Dems rail against 'egregious' ICE raid after military veteran questioned

A New Jersey mayor and other leading Democrats have blasted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on a worksite which they say resulted in undocumented residents as well as a U.S. citizen being "detained."

January 23, 2025

Trump’s ICE nabs child sex offenders among 530+ illegal immigrants caught in single day

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a slew of child sex offenders as part of their operations to pick up illegal immigrants

January 23, 2025

Trump DHS finds 'mass influx' of illegal migrants at southern border, requests assistance from all 50 states

President Trump's Department of Homeland Security finds "an actual or imminent mass influx" of illegal immigrants at the southern border.

January 23, 2025

GOP senator revives effort to make assaulting police a deportable offense: 'We must act'

A Senate Republican is launching a new bid to make it deportable to assault a law enforcement officer, as similar bills pick up bipartisan support in Congress.

January 23, 2025

'Restore order': Bill to limit Biden-era immigration powers gets renewed push under Trump

A bill to strictly limit two powers used by the Biden administration is getting a renewed push in Congress as the Trump administration narrows immigration programs.

January 23, 2025

Dems ask Trump USDA pick who will do 'backbreaking' farming amid mass deportations

Lawmakers want to know if President Donald Trump's plans of mass deportation for illegal immigrants will impact American farmers and create a worker shortage.

January 23, 2025

Border encounters drop sharply as Trump launches crackdown on illegal immigration

The U.S. southern border has seen a sharp drop in migrant encounters entering between ports of entry at the southern border, according to a CBP source.