Homeland security

"We have a multi-mission focus always at the Department of Homeland Security," said secretary Kevin McAleenan.

Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan pleaded for more funding at the border, but Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib called it a "broken" system.

"It has become clear that the goal of this Administration is to end immigration all together," the union head said.

"The chaotic state of the Department of Homeland Security is so troubling," remarked New York Congresswoman and Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey to McAleenan. "It seems like the car is driving off the cliff with no one to take the wheel. Although, I guess, Mr. Secretary, you are now the driver. Congratulations."

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized the former homeland security secretary for her role in the president's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, which led to family separations at the border.

Information released to housing contractors included their bank's name, transit and account numbers, and other important personal data.

"These documents detail an environment of systemic sexual assaults by staff on unaccompanied children," said Representative Ted Deutch.

"I have never refused to testify before the Committee," Nielsen said in a letter dated Wednesday. "I look forward to sitting down with you in the near future. We have much to discuss."

The University of Farmington was allegedly operated by Homeland Security for visa fraud and harboring immigrants for profit.

Video footage of the couple engaged in sex acts with a family pet were found during a child pornography investigation.

DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and the Trump administration said, "This family chose to cross illegally."

On the heels of a government watchdog report detailing the administration's failed child separation practice, Democrats said they would push for a full investigation if they win control of the House.

"I don't want them to be able to whitewash it," he said. "I want them to have to come out and explain why these things are happening."

"This is an astonishing new low in one of our nation's darkest hours. And Republicans in Congress refuse to do anything about it," said Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez.

According to the DHS, the culprits work for a Russian hacking unit known as Energetic Bear.

The DHS announcement seems to be in contrast to the Trump administration's controversial travel ban, which lists Yemen as one of seven countries whose people it prevents from traveling to the U.S.

As the fight to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) gains ground, 19 high-profile ICE agents and leaders have signed a letter asking Homeland Security head Kirstjen Nielsen to eliminate the agency.

An ICE spokesperson told Newsweek that the operation was the largest workplace raid in the region in "at least a decade."

USCIS has already identified 2,536 naturalization cases requiring an in-depth review, with 95 being referred to the Justice Department for civil denaturalization.

A 26-year-old California man was sentenced to two years in federal prison after impersonating an ICE agent and tracking down alleged undocumented persons with fake police lights, DHS badges and bogus uniforms.

DHS officials say the National Guard's support at the border has already led to more than 1,600 apprehensions.

At one point, the president said he would "close down the country" if "we don't get border security."

Homeland Security's misinformation—implying that elections were hacked—betrays a lack of trust of local election authorities and a lack of communication with them.

In a much-criticized decision, Chad was included in the travel ban mostly due to a lack of office supplies.

"We've got a leaking boat on our border," homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said.

Trump has called the U.S.-Mexico border situation a "crisis" and is sending National Guard troops to the southern border.

The snooping devices are known as 'Stingrays' and are typically purchased by law enforcement.

The department tasked with thwarting terrorist attacks and protecting the nation's borders is operating without at least 11 top employees.

Out of the more than 33,000 complaints of sexual and physical abuse filed by detainees from 2010 until 2016, less than one percent of them were investigated.

The report is based on previously private documents Democratic committee members obtained from a whistleblower.