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.

Mayorkas, who said he plans to stay on the job until Monday at noon, told ABC News he has had "substantive and very productive and very collegial" conversations with Trump's pick to be the new DHS secretary, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.

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.

The Department of Homeland Security issued two memos late Monday to repeal limits on federal immigration enforcement, and demanding a review on parole use.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during an interview with McClatchy Chief Washington Correspondent Michael Wilner at DHS headquarters on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Whitney Shefte/Special for the Miami Herald

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 newly appointed Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem delivered remarks to her staff for the first time Tuesday afternoon.

Officials at local and federal levels were baffled by reports of mystery drone sightings in New Jersey and parts of the Northeast.

The memo comes in response to a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump allowing ICE agent to conduct enforcement activity in schools and other community areas.

Noem was confirmed with a majority of 59 to 34 on Saturday in a rare weekend vote. She replaces the widely criticized Alejandro Mayorkas.

Border czar Tom Homan said President Donald Trump's mass deportation has begun as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers can now arrest illegal immigrants in churches and schools.