The average cost to ICE to deport a single person during the Biden administration was about $10,500, sources told NBC News.

A former and a current DHS official said that during the Biden administration, deporting one person cost ICE about $10,500, covering arrest, detention, and transportation. With Trump’s pledge to deport “millions and millions,” the cost could reach $10.5 billion for just 1 million migrants—more than ICE’s typical $9 billion annual budget.

The U.S. Coast Guard, in coordination with Customs and Border Protection, intercepted a sinking vessel carrying nine illegal migrants bound for San Diego as part of ongoing "alien expulsion flight operations.

President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up while eliminating all the members of a key aviation security advisory group.

While DHS employees largely work in-person, the acting homeland security secretary called remote work rates at some components "unacceptable."

The Trump administration ousted Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan, who is the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S. military.

Linda Fagan, the first female admiral of the U.S. Coast Guard, was dismissed by the Trump administration on Monday without explanation.

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security, vowed to overhaul FEMA's disaster response times, enforce stricter in-office policies and eliminate political bias in relief efforts during her confirmation hearing.

Speaking to reporters, the president predicted future disasters would need “probably less FEMA, because FEMA just hasn’t done the job. And we’re looking at the whole concept of FEMA.”

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while leaving Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin freeing the vessel.

The Senate voted on Saturday to confirm Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary, putting a former South Dakota governor in charge of the department at the heart of President Trump’s agenda to crack down on immigration. The vote was 59 to 34, and she was sworn-in on Saturday afternoon by the Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

Opinion: In this op-ed, a Coast Guard veteran praises President Trump's recent firing of Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan over Operation Fouled Anchor.