WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic lawmaker on Wednesday blamed the Trump administration's border policies for the deaths of migrant children, an accusation the acting head of the Homeland Security...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's latest choice to lead U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a former border patrol chief under the Obama administration who has publicly backed the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top White House official told Kirstjen Nielsen, then Homeland Security secretary, not to bring up election security with President Donald Trump, steering her away from...
Ribbon cutting a last act for ousted Trump DHS officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kirstjen Nielsen and other longtime civil servants stood outside the Department of Homeland Security's new headquarters Wednesday in the breezy sunshine — a ribbon-cutting...
The Latest: Nielsen opens new DHS campus on her last day
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration and immigration (all times local):
3:15 p.m.
Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is welcoming employees to...
Pompeo defends Trump Central America aid cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration defended on Wednesday cuts in direct aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras amid a surge of migrants crossing into the U.S. the southern border....
WASHINGTON (AP) — As she heads out the door, departing Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will confront the odd dynamics of the post-Trump job market.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and immigration (all times local):
7:45 p.m.
The acting deputy secretary of Homeland Security has been forced to resign amid a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had had it.
The flow of migrants at the southern border was surging. Another caravan appeared to be forming. And his government had run out of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leader of Senate Democrats says "chaos" in the Trump administration on immigration and other policy is the president's fault.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump looks to reshape the executive branch, he's avoiding the words "You're hired."
Trump's choice of Kevin McAleenan as acting replacement for...
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Kirstjen Nielsen's replacement as Homeland Security secretary was practicing law in California when hijacked jets struck the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Sept. 11,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and White House allies pressing for a harder line on immigration sped up their campaign to clean house at the Department of Homeland Security with a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph "Tex" Alles has been pushed out of the Trump administration, amid a burgeoning shake-up in the upper echelon of the Department of Homeland...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and White House allies pressing for a harder line on immigration sped up their campaign Monday to clean house at the Department of Homeland Security with a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the departure of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen (all times local):
8:30 p.m.
The White House push for a harder line on immigration,...
Trump avoids ‘you’re hired’ with acting appointments
WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump looks to reshape the executive branch, he's avoiding the words "you're hired."
Trump's choice of Kevin McAleenan as acting replacement for...
Nielsen: I still support Trump’s border goals
Homeland Security Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen resigns
Homeland Security Sec. Kirstjen Nielsen resigns
WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday amid President Donald Trump's growing frustration and bitterness over the number of Central American families...
PARIS (AP) — Two key American officials — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen — are skipping meetings in France this week as the Group of Seven...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and immigration (all times local):
8:35 p.m.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says in an emergency call with Cabinet...
US struggling with growing number of asylum seekers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Border officials are aiming to more than quadruple the number of asylum seekers sent back over the southern border each day, a major expansion of a top government effort to...
Connecticut governor: ICE must recognize state pardons
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is demanding that federal authorities recognize pardons issued by his state after a woman whose criminal record was erased was detained for...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Monday that her department may have been founded to combat terrorism, but its mission is shifting to also confront emerging...
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has toured a West Virginia facility that trains border agents while seeking U.S. Senate support for President Donald Trump's security...
Pentagon seeks base site to house 5,000 migrant children
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department is reviewing a number of military bases to find a location that can house up to 5,000 unaccompanied migrant children as the U.S. braces for a surge of...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testifying in the House (all times local):
12:45 p.m.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen insisted Wednesday the crisis at the southern border is not manufactured, as she faced questions from Democrats for the first time...
Nielsen says Central America to do more to curb caravans
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday that Central American nations have agreed to do more to stop migrant caravans and fight...
FEMA head Brock Long, investigated over vehicle use, resigns
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency resigned Wednesday after a two-year tenure in which he managed the response to historic wildfires and major hurricanes but was...
Agent honored by Trump worked on major trafficking case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal anti-trafficking agent invited to the State of the Union address by President Donald Trump helped take down brutal operations that smuggled women from Mexico into the U.S. and forced them into prostitution.
NFL official: No security threats to Super Bowl
Democratic senator asks FBI to investigate DHS secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic senator is asking the FBI to investigate whether Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen lied during testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
Sen. Jeff Merkley said in a letter to the FBI that a December 2017 memo shows DHS officials outlined a policy to separate families.
Trump grounds Pelosi after she imperils his big speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — She imperiled his State of the Union address. He denied her a plane to visit troops abroad.
The shutdown battle between President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is playing out as a surreal game of constitutional brinkmanship, with both flexing their political powers from opposite ends of Pennsylvania Avenue as the negotiations to end the monthlong partial government shutdown remain stalled.
Government shutdown may upend State of the Union speech
WASHINGTON (AP) — A grand Washington ritual became a potential casualty of the partial government shutdown Wednesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked President Donald Trump to postpone his Jan. 29 State of the Union speech. She cited concerns about whether the hobbled government can provide adequate security, but Republicans cast her move as a ploy to deny Trump the stage.
White House staff gathering at Camp David for ‘retreat’
WASHINGTON (AP) — White House senior staff will be gathering over the weekend at the Camp David presidential compound for a "staff retreat" to discuss the administration's priorities for 2019. And White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says President Trump will be joining them and leading meetings Sunday.
The gathering comes as Mick Mulavney assumes his new role as acting chief of staff following John Kelly's departure earlier this week.
The Latest: Trump on US spending bill: ‘Let’s get it done!’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a partial government shutdown over money for President Donald Trump's border wall (all times local):
7:45 p.m.
President Donald Trump says he remains "ready and willing" to work with Democrats to pass a government spending bill even as he refuses to budge over funding for his long-promised border wall.
Trump is tweeting "Let's get it done!" as the partial government shutdown continues with no end in sight.
Trump tries to deflect blame for migrant children’s deaths
President Donald Trump sought to deflect blame for the deaths of two Guatemalan children in U.S. custody by claiming they were "very sick" when they arrived, even though immigration authorities have said both children passed initial health checks.
The mother of the boy who died Christmas Eve told The Associated Press on Saturday that her son was healthy when he left with his father on their journey hoping to migrate to the U.S.
Nielsen visits Texas border after second child’s death
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Friday visited the Texas border city where an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy was detained with his father before dying in government custody .
Democrats hammer DHS chief on child migrant death
US and Mexico talk amid search for agreement on migration
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new foreign minister of Mexico has held talks with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen as they seek ways to curb the flow of Central American migrants heading north.
Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard says he had a "cordial and respectful" meeting with Nielsen. But no agreement was announced following their talks Monday in Washington.
Nielsen’s DHS replacement to face same border challenges
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Homeland Security chief Kirstjen Nielsen never quite clicked personally as the president chafed at her explanations of complicated immigration issues and her inability to bring about massive changes at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Mattis, Nielsen address US troops at border
US: ‘Everything on table’ to block migrants at border
CALEXICO, California (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Friday that "everything is on the table" as the administration considered new measures to stifle immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border and send a message that a slow-moving migrant caravan bound for the United States will not be welcome.