Department Of Homeland Security

In 2016, half of all border patrol agents were Hispanic, according to DHS data.

ICE arrests in 10 cities are supposed to begin on Sunday, targeting mainly families who recently crossed the border.

The Air Force and Marines conduct live-fire drills on the Barry M. Goldwater Range—which also separates many migrants from freedom or death.

Detention centers on the border are notorious for being "black boxes," and outside monitoring is rare.

The announcement likely has to do more with Trump's re-election campaign than an actual ICE operation. But that won't stop it from spreading fear through immigrant communities.

The agency in charge of unaccompanied minors arriving on the border couldn't answer key questions about the number of children who have died since Trump took office.

A Guatemalan policeman prepares to take part in an early morning raid during which a suspected human trafficker was taken into custody on May 29th, 2019, in Guatemala City.

Immigration advocates argue that ICE detention has exploded because the Trump administration is targeting more immigrants than ever before.

Now that Trump has ousted officials who opposed a shock-and-awe arrest campaign, funding limitations may present the most serious barrier to such a plan.

As with any data set, understanding Customs and Border Protection's new statistics means looking at more than just the numbers.

The Department of Homeland Security will use the tests to identify what it calls fraudulent families. But advocates say the plan raises privacy concerns.

The new plan could mean more asylum claims will be denied, according to advocates.

A social worker explains how the president's latest memo could affect asylum seekers as they await the outcome of their court proceedings.

Under a new plan, people who have been in the country for up to two years would be treated as if they just crossed the border—and they could be swiftly deported.

But understanding why the detained population fluctuates so significantly is more complicated than looking at the number of beds.

The Department of Homeland Security fumbled a domestic terrorism report in 2009 that warned about right-wing militias targeting the U.S. Army for recruits.

The secretary of Homeland Security, who resigned over the weekend, oversaw most of the Trump administration's family separation efforts.

Since public outrage forced the administration to abandon family separation, it has been searching for ways to guarantee that families remain in detention prior to a final decision on their immigration cases.

A new lawsuit alleges the Department of Homeland Security has not terminated DED-status for Liberians based on a sound determination of safety in Liberia.

La medida se produce cinco días después que las organizaciones legales presentaran una queja ante el gobierno por un "aumento alarmante" en la detención de inmigrantes menores de un año.

The move comes five days after legal organizations filed a complaint with the government over an "alarming increase" in the detention of immigrants under the age of one.

ICE reports there are 17 infants under one year old in a Texas facility—concerning pediatricians and immigration advocates.

Internal government investigations have revealed that the government was seriously unprepared to implement Trump's zero-tolerance policy.

Under the Real ID Act, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen has the power to bypass environmental safeguards, rendering any ecological downside to a border wall a moot point.