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.

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

During a politically turbulent term, the homeland security secretary and his tech team deployed almost 160 AI applications across the department. Alejandro Mayorkas held what’s been called “the hardest job in Washington” during a particularly turbulent time in U.

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.

As DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas prepares to leave office, NPR sits down for an exit interview. He tells us the border is more secure now than before the pandemic.

In one of his last interviews in office, Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas reflects on immigration’s role in Trump’s return to power and the relentless threats facing the homeland.

Immigration has been a white-hot political issue for years and helped propel Donald Trump back into the Oval Office. The incoming president has promised mass deportations and is expected to issue a slew of related executive orders soon after being sworn in.

Outgoing Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has a message to Congress and incoming department officials after enduring impeachment and nearly four years in what many deem the hardest job in Washington.

A bill requiring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take into custody illegal aliens charged or convicted of crimes is getting pushback from the agency. Sources […]

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who says the border is more secure now than in 2019.

I spoke with outgoing DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday about what he learned during his tenure, which included an impeachment battle over his handling of immigration — which passed in ...

"It is a very difficult threat landscape," DHS secretary says. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned in an interview Sunday on ABC's "This Week" of a "very difficult threat ...