Outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who for four years has been a target for Republican criticism, said that national tragedies should not be used for "political disagreements.

Department of Homeland Security employee morale is significantly better as Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas leaves office. Will that continue under Donald Trump?

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas argued that his administration “quickly” took executive action to stem illegal immigration, despite that order only coming after years into the nationwide border crisis.

DHS said that could apply to many occupations ... in part over concerns about the potential risk of terrorism. "Joe Biden and his administration have viciously targeted parents at school board ...

The Homeland Security Department said Friday that over 800,000 Venezuelans and Salvadorans can legally remain for 18 more months.

President Joe Biden's administration has extended by 18 months the temporary protected status for migrants from El Salvador, Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela due to "extraordinary and temporary conditions" in those nations.

The outgoing head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) said in an interview Wednesday that President Biden should have tightened border security sooner. “Do you think that

Although President-elect Donald Trump claims his agenda is hurt by some of President Joe Biden's eleventh-hour moves, policy experts say it's standard practice.

Separately in the hearing, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) claimed Alejandro Mayorkas, the DHS secretary under President Joe Biden, had “allowed” around 400 people on the terrorism watch list, formally known as the “terrorist screening data set,” to “come into this country illegally.” Noem cited similar figures.

Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director P.J. Lechleitner told NBC News Wednesday President Joe Biden could have authorized the agency to do more.