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Migrants walk along the highway through Suchiate, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, Sunday, July 21, 2024, during their journey north toward the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)

‘You have until January’: Biden administration braces for migrant surge before Trump takes office

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Criminal illegal immigrants in U.S. illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why are criminal illegal aliens allowed to roam U.S. freely?

By Cully Stimson and Hans von Spakovsky

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, left, turns to the screen to introduce Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, on screen, who joined the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mayorkas is confident that states will ease voting for hurricane-affected areas

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, during a briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Homeland Security says it won’t renew ‘parole’ for Venezuelans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Dominick Gucciardo walks to his home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024, in Pensacola, N.C. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

As Helene victims wait, FEMA funds run dry from illegal immigrant aid

By Susan Ferrechio and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Kimberly Cheatle, Director, U.S. Secret Service, testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump, on Capitol Hill, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service director resigns in wake of Trump assassination attempt after pressure from Congress

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas attends a briefing on the 2024 hurricane and wildfire outlook at the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Friday, June 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Mayorkas forms panel to investigate Trump shooting; sets deadline for results

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks to the Associated Press during an interview at the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Friday, June 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

House subpoenas Mayorkas for Secret Service documents on Trump rally

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks to the Associated Press during an interview at the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Friday, June 21, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

DHS grants new deportation amnesty to 300,000 Haitians

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Holding a Border Patrol-issued plastic bag containing her belongings, Mexican migrant Ana Ruiz, right, wipes her tears while talking to a family member at the San Juan Bosco migrant shelter in Nogales, Mexico, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, after she was deported back to her homeland from the U.S. The asylum halt, which took effect June 5 and has led a 40% decline in arrests for illegal crossings, applies to all nationalities but falls hardest on nationalities most susceptible to deportation _ specifically, Mexicans and those that Mexico agrees to take back. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Biden’s asylum halt is falling hardest on Mexicans and other nationalities Mexico will take

By Elliot Spagat - Associated Press

Migrants are taken into custody by officials at the Texas-Mexico border, Jan. 3, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Migrant children in makeshift camps along the U.S.-Mexico border who are waiting to be processed by Border Patrol are in the agency's custody _ something the agency had denied _ and said the Department of Homeland Security must quickly process them and place them in facilities that are “safe and sanitary.” (AP Photo/Eric Gay, file)

DHS touts 40% drop in illegal immigration at border after Biden’s asylum changes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is sworn-in before the House Committee on Homeland Security during a hearing on "A Review of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

‘Do you have any remorse?’: Mayorkas battered by senators in post-impeachment return to Capitol Hill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

This photo, provided by the Clarke County Sheriff's Office, shows Jose Ibarra, 26, on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Ibarra was arrested on charges that included murder and kidnapping in the death of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Hope Riley in Athens, Ga. (Clarke County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Laken Riley murder suspect had been released over lack of detention space

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security during a hearing on "A Review of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mayorkas says he never read articles of impeachment

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security during a hearing on "A Review of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

While Congress deals with impeachment, Mayorkas focuses on child safety

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this image from video from Senate Television, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks during the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)

Democrats shatter precedent with fast-track dismissal of Mayorkas impeachment

By Ramsey Touchberry and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Migrants walk along the highway through Arriaga, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, during their journey north toward the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)

Flyers urging U.S.-bound migrants to vote for Biden go viral; organization denies responsibility

By Valerie Gonzalez and Ali Swenson - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks withreporters to discuss efforts to pass the final set of spending bills to avoid a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, March 20, 2024. The race is on for Congress to pass the final spending package for the current budget year and push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. With spending set to expire for several key federal agencies at midnight Friday, the House and Senate are expected to take up a $1.2 trillion measure that combines six annual spending bills into one package.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Schumer offers limited debate on Mayorkas impeachment before Senate dismisses charges

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is sworn-in before the House Committee on Homeland Security during a hearing on "A Review of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mayorkas feuds with GOP as Senate begins long-delayed impeachment

By Ramsey Touchberry and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas appears before the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Capitol Hill, on April 10, 2024, in Washington. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-la., says he is sending impeachment charges against Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, April 16, forcing senators to convene a trial on the allegations that Mayorkas has "willfully and systematically" refused to enforce existing immigration laws. While the Senate is obligated to convene a trial under the rules of impeachment, Democrats are expected to dismiss or table the charges before any of the arguments are even underway. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Homeland Security chief Mayorkas refuses to tell Congress if terror attack is imminent

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times