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


Hand-drawn swastika found in Department of Homeland Security headquarters

The Nazi symbol was discovered on the building’s third floor on Friday. CNN first reported the incident.

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What's the story of Homeland Security tracking U.S. domestic terror?

Six months after the worst attack on Jews in U.S. history, the Trump administration shut down a unit tracking domestic terrorism. Dig a little, however, and it’s a more complicated picture.

A U.S. Homeland Security Protective Service truck parks outside the Jacob Javits Federal office building in New York, October 29, 2014

Jewish member quits U.S. Homeland Security council amid refugee crisis

Elizabeth Holtzman, a one-time New York Democrat, was among four members of the council who stepped down.

Immigrant children, many of whom have been separated from their parents under a new "zero tolerance" policy by the Trump administration, are being housed in tents next to the Mexican border in Tornillo, Texas, U.S. June 18, 2018.

Jewish groups get security funding despite talk of rollbacks

The Department of Homeland Security disbursed the funding last week, the vast majority of which goes to Jewish institutions.+

Rabbi Menachem Genack (left) and Rabbi Moshe Elefant of the Orthodox Union