Top Trump administration officials boast that a new partnership to expand immigrant detention in Indiana will be the next so-called “Alligator Alcatraz.”.

The Department of Homeland Security has removed age limits for new hires at the agency responsible for immigration enforcement.

A federal judge has agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration’s efforts to expand fast-track deportations of immigrants who legally entered the U.S. under a process known as humanitarian parole.

The agency responsible for President Trump's mass deportations agenda is launching a recruiting campaign.

A Senate committee has advanced the nomination of President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

Federal authorities now say they arrested more than 360 people at two Southern California marijuana farms.

An appeals court has briefly extended protections for nearly 12,000 Afghans in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, whose role in campus protests against Israel led to his detention for over three months in immigration jail, is now seeking $20 million in damages from the Trump administration.

The Trump administration has violated federal privacy laws when it turned over Medicaid data on millions of enrollees to federal deportation officials last month, says California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

President Donald Trump is expected to attend the formal opening Tuesday of a new immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed on Monday.

A mother and her two young kids are fighting for their release from a Texas immigration detention center.

The Department of Homeland Security is warning of a heightened threat environment following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.

A woman charged in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent has appeared in Vermont federal court in one of multiple criminal cases linked to a cultlike group known as Zizians.

The Trump administration’s decision to provide deportation officials with personal data — including the immigration status — on millions of Medicaid enrollees prompted two California U.S. senators on Wednesday to demand that the data sharing “cease” and for Homeland Security officials to “destroy” the records.

President Donald Trump's administration has released to deportation officials the personal data for millions of Medicaid enrollees, including their immigration status.

Authorities are looking for four detainees who escaped from an immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey.

The Department of Homeland Security is notifying hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans that their temporary permission to live and work in the United States has been revoked and they should leave the country.

A controversial plan to expand an immigrant detention facility in southeast Georgia is moving forward after a delay, according to Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-GA).

A Wisconsin man is facing charges accusing him of forging letters threatening President Donald Trump’s life in an effort to get another man who was a potential witness against him in a criminal case deported.

A list of more than 500 “sanctuary jurisdictions” no longer appears in the Department of Homeland Security’s website after receiving criticism for including localities that have actively supported the Trump administration’s hard-line immigration policies.

The U.S. government’s list of “sanctuary jurisdictions” includes hundreds of communities, both red and blue.

The Department of Homeland Security is putting hundreds of “sanctuary jurisdictions” across the country on notice.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the U_S_ will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, “including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields.”.

The Trump administration is accusing Columbia University of violating the civil rights of Jewish students by “acting with deliberate indifference” toward what it describes as rampant antisemitism on campus.

The men who were placed on a deportation flight headed for the chaotic nation of South Sudan were originally from countries as far away as Vietnam.

The Department of Homeland Security has asked for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist with immigration roundups across the country, and the Pentagon is reviewing the unusual request, a U.S. official confirmed to The Associated Press.

Authorities say a woman charged in the January killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont fired the bullet that struck him during a traffic stop.

The Department of Homeland Security wants to spend $50 million to buy a new long-range Gulfstream jet, replacing one used by Secretary Kristi Noem and top Coast Guard and DHS officials.

The head of the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration enforcement agency has recognized the right of members of Congress to visit detention facilities —even unannounced.

More than 100 people have been taken into custody by federal immigration officials in a joint operation with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, leaving many in Nashville’s immigrant community uncertain and worried.

President Donald Trump's administration has replaced the acting administrator of the beleaguered Federal Emergency Management Agency even as its continuing existence remains up in the air.

President Donald Trump’s administration says it’s going to pay $1,000 to immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally and return to their home country voluntarily as it pushes forward with its mass deportation agenda.

Three advocacy groups are suing the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem, seeking to restore staff jobs at three gutted offices that oversee civil rights protections across the department’s broad mission.

Attorneys for the Department of Homeland Security say the agency didn’t violate a judge’s order detailing when people may be deported to countries other than their own because it was the Defense Department — not DHS officials — doing the deporting.

A federal judge is siding with the Trump administration in allowing immigration agents to conduct enforcement operations at houses of worship despite a lawsuit filed by religious groups over the new policy.

The Trump administration has moved to classify more than 6,000 living immigrants as dead.

A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with a requirement that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register with the federal government.

The Department of Homeland Security is offering buyouts and early retirement options to staffers, as officials push forward with efforts to reduce and reshape the federal workforce.

The Department of Homeland Security is telling migrants who entered the country using an online app to leave the United States immediately.

U.S. immigration officials are asking the public and federal agencies to comment on a proposal to collect social media handles from people applying to benefits such as green cards or citizenship, to comply with an executive order from President Donald Trump.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office confirms that his younger brother is serving in a key position inside the Pentagon as a Department of Homeland Security liaison and senior adviser.

The Department of Homeland Security is making cuts to three key offices that oversee civil rights protections across its broad mission, suggesting that they were impeding immigration enforcement efforts.

The Department of Homeland Security says it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about a month.

International students and foreign faculty have watched the crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University with apprehension.

A union representing Transportation Security Administration workers calls the Department of Homeland Security's decision to end the collective bargaining agreement with them an “unprovoked attack.”.

The centerpiece election legislation from congressional Republicans would require voters to prove their citizenship when registering.

The Trump administration is creating a registry for all people who are in the U.S. illegally, and those who don’t self-report could face fines or prosecution.

A federal judge on Monday blocked immigration agents from conducting enforcement operations in houses of worship for Quakers and a handful of other religious groups.

President Donald Trump's administration has disbanded an FBI task force focused on investigating foreign influence campaigns and placed on leave several election security employees at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency.

Civil rights attorneys have sued the Trump administration to gain access to detained migrants who they say have been flown to Guantanamo Bay and held there without being able to consult lawyers or speak to relatives.

For years, Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have railed against the IRS and its cadre of armed agents.

The Department of Homeland Security says four federal employees have been fired over payments to reimburse New York City for hotel costs for migrants.

More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans have filed a federal court lawsuit challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to make arrests at houses of worship.

The acting head of the federal agency responsible for responding to disasters says he’s suspending payments sent to New York City to house migrants and that staff who made them will be held accountable.

Republican lawmakers in about dozen states are advancing proposals that could aid President Donald Trump's deportation efforts.

Donald Trump's border czar is blaming news leaks for hindering a large-scale immigration operation in Colorado.

A federal judge is considering next steps in a slow-moving court case that could spell legal trouble for Prince Harry.

Immigration advocacy groups are suing the Trump administration, saying they are illegally shutting down asylum access at the southern border and putting people fleeing war and persecution in harm’s way.

Following numerous emails and social media questions from the community, News4JAX reached out to law enforcement agencies over questions of local immigration raids.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday that the Trump administration has revoked a decision that would have protected roughly 600,000 people from Venezuela from deportation, putting some of them at risk of being removed from the country in about two months.

The Pentagon says it has begun deploying 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border.

President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up while eliminating all the members of a key aviation security advisory group.

A New Jersey lawmaker from part of the state where several mysterious drones have been spotted in recent week says the devices appear to avoid detection by traditional methods.

The leaders of the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security have declined to testify publicly at a scheduled Senate hearing on global national security threats.

The Biden administration has released guidelines for using artificial intelligence in the power grid, water system, air travel network and other pieces of critical infrastructure.

The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it would ban the import of goods from a Chinese steel manufacturer and a Chinese maker of artificial sweetener.

The Biden administration is restarting an immigration program that allows migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to come to the United States.

A defamation suit against Fox News by a government official who served on a short-lived U.S. government media disinformation board is being dismissed by a federal judge.

Agents for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration on Sunday screened 3 million airline passengers in a single day for the first time ever.

The Department of Homeland Security says it has deported 116 Chinese migrants from the United States in the first “large charter flight” in five years.

The Homeland Security Department says arrests for illegal border crossings have dropped more than 40% during the three weeks asylum processing has been suspended.

A new Biden administration policy will give roughly half a million immigrants who are married to American citizens but lack legal status in the United States a pathway to citizenship for them and their children.

Several immigrant advocacy groups are suing the Biden administration over President Joe Biden's directive last week to stop asylum processing at the southern border.

Florida election officials learned from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) how to protect local elections from artificial intelligence being used to spread misinformation.

The Biden administration says it has sent about 50 Haitians back to their country, marking its first deportation flight in months to the Caribbean nation struggling under surging gang violence.

National organizations teamed up with the Department of Homeland Security secretary to unveil a public awareness campaign called “Know2Protect” to address online or digital sexual exploitation against children.

A humanitarian organization in northeastern Mexico is saying it did not create flyers urging border-bound migrants to vote for President Joe Biden.

Negotiators from Congress and the White House are scrambling to complete work on funding government agencies for the fiscal year and avoid a partial shutdown that could begin this weekend.

FBI Director Chris Wray has told House lawmakers that Chinese government hackers are busily targeting critical infrastructure inside the United States, including water treatment plants, the electrical grid and transportation systems.

Iowa's Republican governor announced in June 2022 that the state would use $75 million in federal pandemic relief funds to add security measures at schools.

Hanukkah begins at sundown on Thursday as the Department of Homeland Security, Justice Department and law enforcement agencies remind members of the community that some may use the war between Israel and Hamas as an excuse to increase calls for violence.

A new guide from the Department of Homeland Security aims to help churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship protect themselves during heightened tensions in faith-based communities across the country.

Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to take steps to protect Palestinians in the United States as the Israel-Hamas war continues.

The Biden administration has admitted Israel into a select group of countries whose citizens are allowed to travel to the United States without getting a visa in advance.

The Biden administration is poised to allow Israeli citizens to travel to the United States without a U.S. visa.

The Biden administration is giving temporary legal status to Afghan migrants who have already been living in the country for a little over a year.

When Congress returns this week, Homeland Security officials and those in the chemical industries will be watching to see if a program regulating the chemical sector will be on its agenda.

The head of the nation’s cybersecurity agency says efforts to protect the nation’s election systems have grown exponentially since the 2016 presidential election, but more is needed to defend the integrity and resiliency of the election process ahead of next year’s vote.

An Army combat veteran with extensive cybersecurity and counterterrorism experience is taking over as one of the nation’s top election security officials.

U.S. officials say the Department of Energy is among a small number of federal agencies compromised in a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s global hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations and governments.

The Department of Homeland Security was created 20 years ago in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and hundreds of employees from across the department gathered Wednesday to mark the anniversary.

Top state election and cybersecurity officials are warning about the threat posed by Russia and other foreign adversaries ahead of the 2024 elections.

A federal task force has reunited nearly 700 children who were separated from their families during the Trump administration.

The Supreme Court is temporarily blocking an order that would lift pandemic-era restrictions on asylum seekers.

The deadline for obtaining the Real ID needed to board a domestic flight has been pushed back again, with the Department of Homeland Security citing the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for the slower-than-expected rollout.

The Supreme Court is wrestling with a politically tinged dispute over a Biden administration policy that would prioritize deportation of people in the country illegally who pose the greatest public safety risk.

A new Senate report is criticizing the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security for not doing enough to track domestic extremists.

A federal judge has granted the Biden administration a five-week delay to end far-reaching asylum restrictions, writing in upper-case letters that he was doing so “WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE.”.

A Senate investigation has found that U.S. immigration authorities didn’t do enough to adequately vet or monitor a gynecologist in rural Georgia who performed unnecessary medical procedures on detained migrant women without their consent.

A federal judge has ordered the Biden administration to lift Trump-era asylum restrictions that have been a cornerstone of border enforcement since the beginning of COVID-19.