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FEMA has provided over $1.78 billion to more than 273,000 people to assist with COVID-19-related funeral costs for deaths occurring on or after Jan. 20, 2020.
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DHS S&T Seeks Respiratory Protection Suitable for Wildland Firefighting
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) released a request for information (RFI) seeking effective respiratory protection for wildland firefighters to be considered for inclusion in a market survey being conducted by S&T’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) in collaboration with the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
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DHS SBIR Seeks Solutions to Detect Survivors in a Building Collapse
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is seeking information on technologies that can detect trapped survivors in collapsed buildings and voids.
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Secret Service Arrests Home Depot Employee for Passing $387,500 in Counterfeit Currency
United States Secret Service agents arrested Tempe Home Depot employee Adrian Jean Pineda for passing $387,500 in counterfeit U.S. currency.
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DHS Issues National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin
Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N.
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CBP Officers at Hidalgo Bridge Apprehend Fugitive Wanted for Indecency with a Child
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge apprehended Dionisio Perez Campos, a male United States citizen from Mission, Texas who had an arrest warrant associated with child-related sex crimes.
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CBP to Hold Global Entry Enrollment Event at Missoula International Airport
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations would like to announce dates for an upcoming Global Entry enrollment event to be held by CBP at the Missoula International Airport.
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Philadelphia CBP Officers Monopolize $263K in Fake Miami-Bound Euros from Russia
A parcel of “Monopoly money” did not pass Customs and Border Protection officers, and the importer will not collect the more than $263,000 in counterfeit Euros that CBP officers seized on Thursday.
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Dulles CBP EMTs, Airport EMS Help Revive Unresponsive Woman
For a harrowing 10 minutes, U.S. Customs and Border Protection emergency medical technicians administered extraordinary lifesaving efforts on an unresponsive female traveler at Washington Dulles International Airport on Sunday.
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Louisville CBP Intercepted Over 2,000 Pounds of Narcotics in January
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.
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ICE Homeland Security Investigations partners in investigation leading to 2 arrests for alleged conspiracy to launder $4.5 billion in stolen cryptocurrency
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.
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USCIS Issues Policy Guidance Regarding Exemptions from the Temporary Need Requirement for H-2B Workers on Guam and the CNMI Under the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act
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.
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Air and Marine Operations and U.S. Border Patrol Rescue a Lost Migrant in the Baboquivari Mountains
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.
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Mexican Mother and Four-Year-Old Son Rescued
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.
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McAllen Border Patrol Agents Arrest Three Gang Members
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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Agents Seize Over $202K of Meth in Over the Weekend
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.
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2 Lost Migrants Rescued in the Mountains Over the Weekend
U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector rescued two undocumented individuals in the Jacumba Wilderness region near Ocotillo, in two separate events.
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