We establish civil immigration enforcement priorities to most effectively achieve our goals with the resources we have. We will prioritize for apprehension and removal noncitizens who are a threat to our national security, public safety, and border security.

The first memo, a draft of which was reviewed by Fox News, rescinds a 2021 memo by Mayorkas, which provided an expanded list of areas that are "protected areas" where ICE could not engage in ...

Alejandro Nicolas Mayorkas (born November 24, 1959) is an American attorney and government official who was the 7th United States secretary of homeland security, serving from 2021 until 2025.

Sep 30, 2021 · Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced new Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law to better focus the Department’s resources on the apprehension and removal of noncitizens who are a threat to our national security, public safety, and border security and advance the interests of justice by ensuring a ...

Oct 3, 2023 · Action Highlights U.S. Whole-of-Government Approach to Address Fentanyl Crisis. WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas detailed efforts by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to disrupt …

Oct 27, 2021 · WASHINGTON – Continuing with a series of enforcement reforms, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today issued a new, comprehensive policy to guide Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) enforcement actions in or near protected areas, replacing previous sensitive locations guidance ...

Jun 11, 2022 · A federal judge tossed out Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ policy limiting ICE’s targets for enforcement actions, ruling Friday that the government has a general duty to try to...

Oct 12, 2021 · Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will no longer conduct mass raids on workplaces where undocumented immigrants are employed, according to a new order by Homeland Security Secretary...

Dec 23, 2024 · ICE failed to monitor more than 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children after their release from government custody, according to an audit by the Office of Inspector General at the Department of...

PITTSBURGH (September 27, 2023) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas meets with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations' (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) at …