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Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ranking Member Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a committee hearing, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Rand Paul intends to reinstate Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy as Senate committee chairman

By Bruce Schreiner - Associated Press

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Border Patrol South Station in Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Mayorkas impeachment: GOP unveils articles accusing DHS secretary of lying, undermining laws

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene, R-Ga., arrives as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, late Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Marjorie Taylor Greene launches emergency impeachment effort against DHS’ Mayorkas

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Venezuelan migrants rest inside their tents on the bank of the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, Sunday, May 14, 2023. As the U.S. ended its pandemic-era immigration restrictions, migrants are adapting to new asylum rules and legal pathways meant to discourage illegal crossings. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Feds granted thousands parole after court’s hold; border numbers drop with Title 42 expiration

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A participant holds a sign at a March to the Border Rally, Sept. 25, 2021, in McAllen, Texas. A federal judge in Louisiana has on Wednesday, April, 27, 2022, ordered the Biden administration to stop phasing out a public health rule that allows the expulsion of migrants without an opportunity to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

Texas sues to stop Biden’s relaxed asylum policy for illegal immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas pauses during testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

America flirts with George Orwell on ‘disinformation’ board

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Migrants, many from Haiti, are seen at an encampment along the Del Rio International Bridge near the Rio Grande, Sept. 21, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. About 15,000 mostly Haitian refugees were camped under the bridge in the small border town. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ** FILE **

Documents show FAA ruled border drone ban illegal, then reversed the decision after DHS call

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 31, 2019, file photo, hundreds of people overflow onto the sidewalk in a line snaking around the block outside a U.S. immigration office with numerous courtrooms in San Francisco. Federal judges are being asked to block a new Trump administration policy scheduled to take effect next week that would deny legal permanent residency to many immigrants over the use of public benefits. Almost a dozen lawsuits have been filed from New York to California to prevent the "public charge" rule from taking effect on Oct. 15. Judges have indicated a willingness to issue rulings before the scheduled start date. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

DHS eyes more welfare for legal immigrants as Supreme Court hears challenge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Mayorkas faces questions over honesty as Senate panel prepares to grill him on border crisis

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Haitian migrants use a dam to cross to and from the United States from Mexico, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. Thousands of Haitian migrants have assembled under and around a bridge in Del Rio presenting the Biden administration with a fresh and immediate challenge as it tries to manage large numbers of asylum-seekers who have been reaching U.S. soil. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

DHS shuts down border crossing to deal with growing migrant camp

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Christopher Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, testifies before a Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss election security and the 2020 election process on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Jan. 6 committee interested in ouster of CISA director fired by Trump

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Some illegal immigrants are boarding planes in border towns, and that has startled lawmakers who see them in airport lounges or on their flights out of Texas. (Associated Press) **FILE**

House Republicans challenge caught-and-released migrants’ ability to fly on U.S. airlines

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

From Jan. 22 through Feb. 4, students from the Army’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg, N.C. will be taking part in the latest “Robin Sage” exercise, the final test of their Special Forces Qualification Course training. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) ** FILE **

Soldier’s sham marriage conviction exposes immigration fraud ring in military

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about aviation security ahead of the summer travel season during a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

DHS eyes deleting gang questions from green card application

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 1, 2021, photo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

DHS secretary Mayorkas to visit southern border Thursday

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 10, 2020, file photo, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at the Austin Police Association in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) ** FILE **

Texas sues to force DHS to end sanctuary policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Migrants walk on a dirt road after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Tuesday, March 23, 2021, in Mission, Texas. The Biden administration says that it's working to address the increase in migrants coming to the border. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) ** FILE **

DHS begs for border volunteers, offers COVID-19 vaccines in exchange

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 14, 2021, file photo, migrant children and teenagers are processed after entering the site of a temporary holding facility south of Midland, Texas. Migration flows to the U.S. from Mexico are surging for the third time in seven years under Republican and Democratic presidents — and for similar reasons. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)

Alejandro Mayorkas, DHS chief, admits ‘mistakes made’ in failing to test migrants for COVID-19

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

About 50 immigrant workers, their families and supporters hold signs calling attention to the plight of the almost 700 poultry processing plant workers that were arrested in August, during a ICE raid, at a House Homeland Security Committee field hearing at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) **FILE**

DHS moves to block illegal immigrants awaiting deportation from getting work permits

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 9, 2020, file photo, acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf speaks during an event at DHS headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) **FILE**

Judge undercuts Trump’s latest DACA gambit, rules DHS secretary is illegally in job

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times