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

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 blessed his employees with another three days of taxpayer-funded vacation time, bringing his four-year total to more than six weeks — the equivalent of $3 billion — of bonus time off.

As DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas prepares to leave office, NPR sits down for an exit interview. He tells us the border is more secure now than before the pandemic.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in part 2 of his exit interview.

During a politically turbulent term, the homeland security secretary and his tech team deployed almost 160 AI applications across the department. Alejandro Mayorkas held what’s been called “the hardest job in Washington” during a particularly turbulent time in U.

In one of his last interviews in office, Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas reflects on immigration’s role in Trump’s return to power and the relentless threats facing the homeland.

Outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas ... "we can disagree with civility and mutual respect." Mayorkas' time as DHS secretary saw one crisis after another, including big ...

The Secret Service is one of the country’s oldest federal investigative agencies, founded in 1865 to stop counterfeiters. There are approximately 3,200 special agents and an additional 1,300 uniformed officers who guard the White House, the Treasury building and foreign diplomatic missions in Washington.

Tom Homan, the new “Border Czar,” has made clear before and after Trump’s inauguration that worksite enforcement will be a key piece of Trump’s immigration reform actions.

More broadly, the new administration has called for ramping up immigration enforcement nationwide. This has led to concerns of increasing efforts to deport undocumented individuals, including children attending public schools and their family members.

Federal immigration authorities will be permitted to target schools and churches after President Donald Trump revoked a directive barring arrests in “sensitive” areas.