Employees at DHS and USCIS were advised in a letter to suspend approval of applications containing an "X" marker for gender instead of one of the two biological sexes.

In welcome remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security, Secretary Kristi Noem detailed the extent of the agency’s jurisdiction, saying, “Virtually, I tell people, we have jurisdiction over everything.

Noem donned a protective ICE vest as she embedded with officers from multiple federal agencies to hit targets across all five boroughs of New York City early Tuesday morning.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, whom the Senate confirmed on Saturday, will address department personnel for the first time at 3:30 p.m. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER She will share her and President Donald Trump’s vision for the Department of Homeland Security,

DHS Acting Secretary Benjamin Huffman orders employees to return to the office, enforcing President Trump’s mandate to end federal remote work.

Trump said earlier Wednesday that the U.S. has "30,000 beds in Guantánamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people."

Kristi Noem joined the operations just days after she was confirmed by the Senate to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

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

The newly appointed Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem delivers remarks to her staff for the first time Tuesday afternoon.

A former Department of Homeland Security official who worked under former President Barack Obama appeared Wednesday on Fox News and

President Trump announces an executive order to build a detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to house 30,000 migrants. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Today I'm also signing an executive order to instruct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to begin preparing the 30,