News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Applying for disaster assistance with FEMA is an ongoing process that begins when you submit your application and requires that you stay in touch. FEMA may need to contact you and a missed call, or an unanswered letter could delay getting help.

The US Homeland Security Department published a three page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Yesterday, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas convened a meeting of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (“the Council") to discuss how the Department can continually improve the American public’s experience when engaging with DHS, as well as the delivery of its key services such as trade and travel facilitation, immigration benefits processing, and aviation security screening.

News Release: WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas convened a meeting of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (“the Council”) to discuss how the Department can continually improve the American public’s experience when engaging with DHS, as well as the delivery of its key services ...

News Release: ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - Receiving federal disaster assistance from FEMA will not affect other federal benefits that Illinois survivors may receive.

News Release: BRANDON, Fla. - Volusia County is now approved for FEMA Direct Temporary Housing Assistance for Hurricane Ian survivors.

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate has passed U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and James Lankford’s (R-OK) bipartisan Clear and Concise Content Act. The bill ensures that guidance, instructions, and other public information published by the federal government is written in plain language.

News Release: Strengthening and protecting our nation’s critical cyber infrastructure is a monumental task, one that the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) takes seriously. Together with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), S&T is developing and testing new technologies and tools that will help combat daily threats, both physical and online.

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents worked with the Albuquerque Police Department’s (APD) VICE Unit to rescue 69 people who were held against their will and arrested a man for human smuggling on Nov. 29. APD’s detectives and HSI special agents are members of the New Mexico Human Trafficking Task Force.

The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House has passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to make permanent the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Risk...

News Release: ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - Disaster survivors who are unable to live in their damaged homes due to the July flooding in St. Clair County may qualify for continued rental assistance. Applicants can request an application for Continued Temporary Housing Assistance by calling the FEMA Helpline at 800-621-3362.

The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The first-ever Tribal Homeland Security Advisory Council has 15 members who will give advice on homeland security policies and practices affecting Indian Country.