Ellen M. Gilmer

The Department of Homeland Security is staring down expiration dates for a slate of protection measures with no guarantee Congress will step in to preserve them.

A little-noticed provision in an annual defense bill would resurrect former President Donald Trump’s deeply politically divisive vision of building a wall on the US-Mexico border.

Chemical industry officials and lawmakers are warning of security risks from a lapse of federal anti-terrorism standards after senators failed to strike a deal before leaving town for more than a month.

A growing number of Republicans frustrated about the US-Mexico border are turning their attention to an unsuspecting target: humanitarian workers.

The Department of Homeland Security is defending its domestic intelligence-gathering tactics after critics accused the agency of violating Americans’ civil rights and civil liberties.

House Republicans passed an aggressive but symbolic border security and immigration package Thursday following months of negotiations and a series of last-minute obstacles.

The Department of Homeland Security is overhauling its intelligence unit and boosting oversight after a series of high-profile blunders and questions about political influence.

Tens of thousands of Transportation Security Administration workers will lose long-awaited pay raises if Congress doesn’t agree to extend them — a jolt that would drive away employees and result in longer waits for travelers.

HIDALGO COUNTY, Texas — On a chilly March morning before sunrise, US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz was with his agents in the Rio Grande Valley when they apprehended five Mexican migrants.

HIDALGO COUNTY, Texas — On a chilly March morning before sunrise, US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz was with his agents in the Rio Grande Valley when they apprehended five Mexican migrants.