The Department of Homeland Security

ICE officers receive new directions, ordered to avoid engaging 'agitators', target only criminals

"DO NOT COMMUNICATE OR ENGAGE WITH AGITATORS," said an email disseminated by a top ICE official. "It serves no purpose other than inflaming the situation. No one is going to convince the other."

Demonstrators carry placards on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 23, 2026
Bruce Springsteen performs during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, October 28, 2024; illustrative.

Bruce Springsteen releases Minneapolis protest song, sings 'ICE out now!'

Federal agents stand behind police tape as people gather near the site where a man identified as Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal agents trying to detain him, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, January 24, 2026.

US agents involved in latest Minneapolis shooting put on leave, media reports say

A Salvadoran soldier stands guard, as the CECOT logo is seen, during a media tour at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, in Tecoluca, El Salvador April 4, 2025.

CBS airs El Salvador mega prison report weeks after pulling segment


92 members of Congress urge DHS 'additional action to combat antisemitism'

“Members of the Jewish community have been attacked, and sometimes killed, simply for being Jewish,” the letter reads.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010.

US amends ban, allowing entry to Iranian former IRGC members

Former IRGC compulsory service members will be allowed entry into the US if they "pose no danger to the safety and security of the US."

 Iranian clerics set fire to American flag during the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2022.

Violent extremists enduring threat to faith-based community - DHS official

“Jewish communities were targeted nearly twice as often as other religious communities,” said Stephanie Dobitsch.

 Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, where four hostages were held.

US and Israel to make skies and ground safer for first responders

The United States and Israel are combining their technologies to ensure that first responders are better prepared to handle whatever comes their way.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010.

Alejandro Mayorkas, the Cuban-Jewish attorney who may head Biden's DHS

Mayorkas' ties with Israel extend beyond his family. In 2016, he spearheaded a deal to automate the sharing of cyber-data between Israel and the US.

Alejandro Mayorkas, US Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security gestures as he speaks during the annual Cyberweek conference at Tel Aviv University, Israel June 20, 2016.

US says Iranian hackers accessed voter data using threatening emails

CISA and the FBI confirmed Friday that "the actor successfully obtained voter registration data in at least one state."

A man types into a keyboard during the Def Con hacker convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

ICE Revises Visa Clampdown for International Students

US government agency to bar new students, including those from Middle East, from coming to study solely online, although those already in country can remain.

Washington State University’s Pullman campus

US official orders end to information gathering on journalists

The intelligence unit shared intelligence reports on journalists from the New York Times and the blog Lawfare, noting they had published leaked unclassified documents about DHS operations in Portland, the newspaper reported.

US POLICE during the Ferguson riots in 2015.

Homeland Sec. issues recommendations to protect religious communities

'The targeting of houses of worship by violent extremists of any ideology is particularly abhorrent and must be prevented.'

A man holds a sign outside the home of rabbi Chaim Rottenberg in Monsey

U.S. uses fake university to fight visa fraud, 100s of students arrested

"ICE is setting up fake universities to trap students. Yet we were called radical for opposing it," tweeted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

ICE officers carry out a raid