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Homeland Security hires outside lawyers for potential impeachment

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security recently hired outside counsel to prepare for potential impeachment proceedings, as House Republicans ramp up calls to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his handling of the southwest border.

The number of migrants encountered monthly at the southwest border dropped significantly in January, U.S. officials said.

The Department of Homeland Security hired outside counsel for potential impeachment proceedings against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

More than 3,800 children were removed from families between 2017 and 2021 as part of a crackdown on border crossings.

A federal task force has reunited nearly 700 children who were separated from their families during the Trump administration

House Republicans thrust the U.S.-Mexico border into the spotlight on Wednesday with a committee hearing and an impeachment resolution.

MIAMI — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is visiting Miami on Monday, where he will meet with the local Haitian and Cuban communities as well as local and federal authorities.

Nearly 80 congressional Democrats called on President Joe Biden to reverse plans to limit asylum eligibility for some migrants.

The Biden administration says U.S. authorities have seen a 97% decline in illegal border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela since Mexico began accepting those expelled under a public health order

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security recorded a precipitous drop in encounters with migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally this month, the department said on Wednesday, putting January on track to see the lowest level of monthly border encounters since the beginning of the Biden administration.