WASHINGTON — In the waning days of the Biden administration, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended his agency's work to tamp down border-crossing numbers and argued against ...

A target for political criticism, he spoke in an exit interview with ABC News. Outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who for four years has been a target of Republican ...

With just four days left of the Biden administration, art still hangs in Alejandro Mayorkas’ office in the far reaches of southeast Washington, where a tall window alcove overlooks a snowy capital.

The Department of Homeland Security issued two memos late Monday to repeal limits on federal immigration enforcement, and ...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas blessed his employees with another three days of taxpayer-funded vacation time, bringing his four-year total to more than six weeks — the ...

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during an interview with McClatchy Chief Washington Correspondent Michael Wilner at DHS headquarters on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Whitney ...