Key Senate Democrats come out in favor of "Laken Riley" bill that could enable mass deportations
The Laken Riley Act would require the federal detention deport undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes ...
5 things to watch ahead of DNC’s first leadership race forum
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is set to host four candidate forums this month as the party looks to replace ...
Raleigh school shooting threat linked to ‘swatting’ of student who refused to carve skin
Online bullying brought police to Raleigh student’s home and groundless threats to his high school after he would not submit ...
GOP Homeland Security chair: Drone bill a top priority in next Congress
Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, said a bill empowering local authorities to take ...
U.S. House approves Laken Riley Act over opposition from majority of Democrats
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the Laken Riley Act to require federal authorities to detain illegal ...
Fetterman cosponsors GOP-led Laken Riley bill, one of the few Democrats backing it
The bill, which passed in the House Tuesday with the support of 48 Democrats, is slated to come up for a Senate vote on ...
Jan. 1 violence prompts new warnings, extra security for special events
The Jan. 1 attack in New Orleans by a man driving a pickup truck and an electric vehicle explosion in Las Vegas prompted ...
Mayorkas and McCaul warn of ISIS-inspired threats after New Orleans attack
In an interview on ABC's "This Week," Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned of a "very difficult threat ...
Maddow Blog | Group of House Republicans unveil the ‘Abolish the ATF Act’
Congressional Republicans have gone from trying to defund the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to trying ...
Outgoing ICE director says Biden should have acted sooner on border security
Outgoing Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Patrick Lechleitner said that ICE and the Department of Homeland ...
Editorial Roundup: United States
As a new Congress is sworn in Friday, this might seem like a bad time to talk about raising federal lawmakers’ pay. A government funding package failed last month, throwing Washington into a frantic ...
Map Shows Top 10 States for Illegal US Immigration
Using Department of Homeland Security data, Newsweek created this map to show the top 10 states where undocumented immigrants live.