DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is citing an "acute and immediate need" to waive dozens of federal laws to build a border wall in south Texas where illegal migration has surged. It's a sharp contrast ...

FILE - House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., delivers a statement as the House Rules Committee meets to prepare the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security ...

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Congress first that the border was under control and then reversed himself by saying it has never been under control. His Border Patrol chiefs ...