Senate border security talks grind on as Trump invokes Nazi-era 'blood' rhetoric against immigrants
Time slipping, White House and Senate negotiators are struggling to reach a U.S. border security deal that would unlock President Joe Bidenโs request for billions of dollars worth in military aid for Ukraine and national security.
Mayorkas tours border to prepare for asylum limits to end
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says authorities are prepared for an expected increase in migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border amid plans to lift a public health order that has been used to turn away migrants nearly 2 million times without a chance to seek asylum.
Homeland Security agent talks about San Antonioโs place in the human smuggling pipeline
With three high-profile human smuggling cases in Bexar County in as many weeks, KSAT sat down with Homeland Security Investigations Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Jeffrey Ryan to talk about where San Antonio falls in the smuggling pipeline.
Families separated at Mexico border ask for residency, aid
A mother who was separated from her children on the U.S.-Mexico border during former President Donald Trumpโs administration says that she and other parents who experienced similar separations asked the Homeland Security Secretary for permanent legal residency in the United States and compensation.
Correction: Domestic Extremism story
In a story May 14, 2021, about a national terrorism alert from Friday warning that violent extremists may take advantage of the easing of pandemic restrictions to conduct attacks, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a national terrorism bulletin issued in January would expire Aug. 13.
Child border crossings surging, straining US facilities
FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2019 file photo, immigrants seeking asylum walk at the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center, in Dilley, Texas. The number of children crossing by themselves, mostly from Central America, appears to be surging in particular in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. AdThe total of 561 unaccompanied minors from Monday offers a snapshot of how quickly conditions have changed along the border. โTheyโre all coming across the border, theyโre coming fast, and theyโre wearing Biden T-shirts,โ said the Oklahoma Republican. The Biden administration last week ended a Trump policy that made relatives reluctant to contact HHS to retrieve children for fear of being deported themselves.
US govt seizes over 10M phony N95 masks in COVID-19 probe
They have no utility whatsoever,โ Homeland Security Secretary Ali Mayorkas said of the fake masks. Homeland Security officials would not say which states the phony masks were sent to, but said criminal charges would be forthcoming. The company delivered some 2 billion N95 masks in 2020 as the pandemic intensified, but in the earlier months, when masks were in short supply, fraudsters took advantage. But phony masks have already made it to front-line workers in other cases. Over the past year there has been more than 1,250 raids by law enforcement resulting in the seizure of millions of fake masks.
Bidenโs Homeland Security nominee could seek more immigrant right protections, political science professor says
SAN ANTONIO โ President-elect Joe Biden has made history by choosing the first Latino and immigrant to head up the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. If confirmed, Alejandro Mayorkasโ new job would include making decisions regarding immigration and border security. The Trump administration made many changes to immigration policies, including policies that separated children from their parents at the border to curb immigration. Flores said Mayorkasโ experience and background would play a significant role in his policymaking. โ(Mayorkas has) developed a very unique perspective, and he understands the life of immigrants and the stresses and pressures that theyโre under,โ Flores said.