News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers are working 24 hours a day, seven days a week to keep Americans safe from dangerous drugs that threaten communities around the U.S. CBP officers in Louisville seized a total of 2,079 pounds of illicit drugs during the month of January.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) contributed to an investigation resulting in the arrest of two individuals this morning in Manhattan for an alleged conspiracy to launder cryptocurrency that was stolen during the 2016 hack of Bitfinex, a virtual currency exchange, presently valued at approximately $4.5 billion.

USCIS is issuing updated policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how petitioners may demonstrate that they qualify for an exemption from the temporary need requirement for a nonimmigrant visa petition for a temporary nonagricultural H-2B worker on Guam and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) that falls under the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents and an embarked U.S. Border Patrol agent rescued a dehydrated, cold, and lost migrant in a remote location in the Baboquivari Wilderness Peak area Friday.

Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Border Patrol agents disrupted three migrant smuggling attempts that resulted in nine arrests. In one event, a mother and her son were rescued from the trunk of a vehicle at the Falfurrias Border Patrol (FLF) Checkpoint.

McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents arrest several active gang members over the weekend.On Feb. 5, MCS agents working near Havana, Texas, arrested several subjects, to include a Salvadoran adult male, shortly after illegally entering the United States.

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El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a United States citizen and a Border Crosser Card holder attempting to smuggle methamphetamine in two separate events. The first incident occurred at approximately 1:00 p.m.

U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector rescued two undocumented individuals in the Jacumba Wilderness region near Ocotillo, in two separate events.

The Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC) including the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) International Human Rights Unit (IHRU) join U.S. and international law enforcement partners, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and others this Sunday in recognizing the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on Feb. 6.

A Nogales area man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday in connection to his role as the coordinator for a human smuggling organization operating in southern Arizona.

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On Feb. 6, the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services joins other U.S. government agencies and the international community in calling for an end to the practice of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C).

Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Majorkas issuing a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) bulletin on the current terrorism threat

News Release: PHILADELPHIA - FEMA is proposing updates to the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for Prince Edward County, Virginia. Community partners are invited to participate in a 90-day appeal and comment period.