Department of Homeland Security employee morale is significantly better as Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas leaves office. Will that continue under Donald Trump?

Mayorkas, who said he plans to stay on the job until Monday at noon, told ABC News he has had "substantive and very productive and very collegial" conversations with Trump's pick to be the new DHS secretary, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas blessed his employees with another three days of taxpayer-funded vacation time, bringing his four-year total to more than six weeks — the equivalent of $3 billion — of bonus time off.

The Department of Homeland Security issued two memos late Monday to repeal limits on federal immigration enforcement, and demanding a review on parole use.

During a politically turbulent term, the homeland security secretary and his tech team deployed almost 160 AI applications across the department. In an exit interview with Fast Company during one ...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas leaves office as one of President ... years leading the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), culminating in a failed, performative Republican ...

Outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who for four years has been ... He said his hope is that "we can disagree with civility and mutual respect." Mayorkas' time as DHS secretary saw one crisis after another, including big increases ...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during an interview with McClatchy Chief Washington Correspondent Michael Wilner at DHS headquarters on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Whitney Shefte/Special for the Miami Herald

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

Officials at local and federal levels were baffled by reports of mystery drone sightings in New Jersey and parts of the Northeast.

The memo comes in response to a new executive order signed by President Donald Trump allowing ICE agent to conduct enforcement activity in schools and other community areas.

Noem was confirmed with a majority of 59 to 34 on Saturday in a rare weekend vote. She replaces the widely criticized Alejandro Mayorkas.