The Department of Homeland Security

Democrats say deal reached with Trump to avert shutdown, immigration talks to continue

Senate Democrats strike a deal to prevent a partial government shutdown, temporarily separating immigration issues from funding talks to secure essential government operations.s

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks with the media while arriving for a vote, as members of Congress work to resolve a dispute over immigration enforcement and avert a looming partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 29, 2026.
Demonstrators carry placards on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 23, 2026

ICE officers receive new directions, ordered to avoid engaging 'agitators', target only criminals

Bruce Springsteen performs during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, October 28, 2024; illustrative.

Bruce Springsteen releases Minneapolis protest song, sings 'ICE out now!'

Federal agents stand behind police tape as people gather near the site where a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 24, 2026.

US agents involved in latest Minneapolis shooting put on leave, media reports say


U.S. uses fake university to fight visa fraud, 100s of students arrested

"ICE is setting up fake universities to trap students. Yet we were called radical for opposing it," tweeted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

ICE officers carry out a raid

Hand-drawn swastika found in Department of Homeland Security headquarters

The Nazi symbol was discovered on the building’s third floor on Friday. CNN first reported the incident.

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What's the story of Homeland Security tracking U.S. domestic terror?

Six months after the worst attack on Jews in U.S. history, the Trump administration shut down a unit tracking domestic terrorism. Dig a little, however, and it’s a more complicated picture.

A U.S. Homeland Security Protective Service truck parks outside the Jacob Javits Federal office building in New York, October 29, 2014

Jewish member quits U.S. Homeland Security council amid refugee crisis

Elizabeth Holtzman, a one-time New York Democrat, was among four members of the council who stepped down.

Immigrant children, many of whom have been separated from their parents under a new "zero tolerance" policy by the Trump administration, are being housed in tents next to the Mexican border in Tornillo, Texas, U.S. June 18, 2018.

Jewish groups get security funding despite talk of rollbacks

The Department of Homeland Security disbursed the funding last week, the vast majority of which goes to Jewish institutions.+

Rabbi Menachem Genack (left) and Rabbi Moshe Elefant of the Orthodox Union