<div id="subtitle">Local officers give differing views on immigraton program</div><div><p>The federal government will rewrite its agreements with local and state law agencies that enforce immigration laws to provide greater guidance and control, an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement official told a House panel Wednesday .</p>&lt ...

<div id="subtitle">GAO: Local officers pursue minor offenders, not serious criminals, in immigration program</div><div><p>The Homeland Security Department has failed to ensure that local and state law enforcement partners pursue serious criminals and don't misuse their authority while enforcing immigration law, government investigators say.</p&gt ...

<div id="subtitle">A breakdown of keywords used by the first 3 homeland security secretaries</div><div><table> <tbody> <tr><td>A summary of how often the three homeland security secretaries — Tom Ridge, Michael Chertoff and Janet Napolitano — used key words in their first prepared remarks ...

<div id="subtitle">Building the rest of the southwest border fence could be the next president's dilemma</div><div><p>The head of the agency that oversees the Border Patrol said Wednesday he cannot promise to meet President Bush's goal of completing a Southwest border fence when he leaves office ...