The Oklahoma Republican comes to the helm in the midst of a shutdown that has left some 100,000 of the department’s more than a quarter-million employees working without pay.
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ICE officers set to deploy to airports as delays mount, border czar Homan confirms
Border czar Tom Homan says ICE agents will help the Transportation Security Administration ‘move those lines’ while also enforcing immigration law.
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Kristi Noem set to face senators over DHS shutdown, immigration enforcement
The focus of the hearing is likely to be on how Kristi Noem is pursuing President Trump’s mass deportation efforts in his second term, after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration officers.
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HUD rule could push families with undocumented immigrants out of their homes
A proposed rule could put nearly 80,000 people at risk of eviction, many of them U.S. citizen children. Undocumented immigrants don’t get rental aid but can currently live with family members who do.
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Refugees in the U.S. could be arrested under new immigration memo
The move is another Trump administration effort to limit legal pathways to migration or resettlement, after already curbing the number of admitted refugees and re-reviewing those admitted under the Biden administration.
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Top immigration officials to testify before Senate as a potential DHS shutdown looms
The leaders of ICE, Customs and Border Protection and and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will appear for their second oversight hearing this week and as lawmakers tussle over their funding.
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Refugees relive the trauma they fled as ICE targets them in Minnesota
The Trump administration says it’s reviewing thousands of cases to look for potential fraud. A judge ordered a temporary pause, saying refugees cannot be arrested “without warrants or cause.”
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What to know about the partial government shutdown
The Senate passed a measure to avert a shutdown on Friday. But with the House on recess, funding for broad stretches of the federal government has technically lapsed.
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Internal review contradicts White House narrative of Pretti’s death
The preliminary assessment from Customs and Border Protection makes no mention of Alex Pretti attacking officers or threatening them with a weapon — as the administration first described the incident.
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Italian officials voice outrage at the presence of U.S. ICE agents at the 2026 Olympics
U.S. Homeland Security agents provided security support at past Olympics. But after violence by ICE agents in Minneapolis, some Italian officials say an ICE unit is unwelcome in Milan Cortina.
