Homeland Security News

The Department of Homeland Security moved about 2,000 of the migrants who had gathered under and near a bridge in the border city of Del Rio to other locations on Friday. It also said it would have 400 agents and officers in the area by Monday morning and was prepared to send more if necessary.

"I am bringing out the military for this National Emergency. They will be stopped!" Trump wrote on Twitter.

President Donald Trump will nominate Kirstjen Nielsen, who as top aide to his White House chief of staff has sought to instill order in Trump`s team, to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.

Cybersecurity experts say the unknown hackers used a hole in Microsoft software that was discovered by the National Security Agency. The hole was exposed when NSA documents were leaked online.

A South-Asian rights group has opposed the Trump administration's immigration plans, claiming that over 450,000 illegal Indian immigrants who are living in the US could be targeted by authorities.

President Donald Trump`s administration plans to consider almost all illegal immigrants subject to deportation, but will leave protections in place for immigrants known as "dreamers" who entered the United States illegally as children, according to official guidelines released on Tuesday.

The US Department of Homeland Security said Sunday it would continue to enforce President Donald Trump`s sweeping executive order restricting immigration, but would also comply with court orders which have partially blocked the temporary ban.

`All clear` was sounded at the US Andrews Base, just outside of Washington, DC, after a lockdown was ordered earlier due to "presence of an active shooter" reportedly barricaded inside the medical centre.

US President Barack Obama cited the possibility that an explosive device aboard Russian aircraft caused the last week's crash which killed all 224 people aboard.

The U.S. department charged with protecting government computers needs to secure its own information systems better, according to an audit released on Tuesday that showed lapses in internal systems used by the Secret Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.