The former South Dakota governor, 53, wearing a bullet-proof vest and an American flag beanie, was flanked by beefy federal agents as she thanked them for “putting their lives at risk.”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says February was the "lowest month in recorded history for (migrant) encounters at our border."

February 2025 was the first time since 1968 that Border Patrol averaged roughly 8,000 apprehensions in a single month, the White House said

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has promised to help Puerto Rico in her first visit to the U.S. territory as it struggles to rebuild from catastrophic hurricanes amid chronic power outages.

The vice chairman of the Senate Indian Affair committee and several Democratic colleagues are concerned Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are conducting unlawful searches and interrogations of tribal members.

Immigration officials are saying that anyone living in the U.S. illegally will soon have to register with the federal government, and those who fail to do so could face fines, imprisonment or both.

The Border Patrol saw its best single day in more than 15 years with just 200 illegal immigrants nabbed at the southern border, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Monday.

Undocumented immigrants age 14 or older must register and provide fingerprints or face a fine or even imprisonment under new Trump administration plans announced Tuesday. The big picture: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the escalation in the administration's crackdown on undocumented immigrants that she vowed the administration would enforce.