News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

News Release: More than $150 million in federal disaster assistance has gone to Hurricane Ian survivors since the federal disaster declaration. Assistance helps them with temporary housing, essential home repairs and other uninsured and underinsured disaster-related losses so they can jumpstart their recovery. Disaster Survivor Assistance Teams continue to go door-to-door to meet people where they are and help survivors with their unique needs.

News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Additional Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) are now open in Cabo Rojo, Camuy, Cidra, Lajas, Lares, Rincón and Salinas. The joint DRCs, a partnership between the municipality, the Government of Puerto Rico and FEMA, will help Hurricane Fiona survivors apply for FEMA assistance, upload documents needed for their application and answer questions in person.

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

News Release: WASHINGTON -- More than $90 million in federal disaster assistance has gone to Hurricane Ian survivors since the federal disaster declaration. Assistance helps them with temporary housing, essential home repairs and other uninsured and underinsured disaster-related losses so they can jumpstart their recovery.

Federal funding is available for several Florida counties in the wake of Hurricane Ian as Gov. Ron DeSantis’s request for a major disaster declaration was approved Sept. 29 by President Joe Biden.

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

News Release: WASHINGTON -- The state of Florida and FEMA have activated the Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program for Hurricane Ian survivors in Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Flagler, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Lee, Manatee, Orange, Osceola, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns and Volusia counties.

News Release: WASHINGTON -- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) specialists are working in communities hard-hit by Hurricane Ian to help disaster survivors apply for assistance and to provide critical information about resources.

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

News Release: WASHINGTON -- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) specialists are working in communities hard-hit by Hurricane Ian to help disaster survivors apply for assistance and to provide critical information about resources.

The US Homeland Security Department published a three page rule on Oct. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON - Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly has announced the selection of Mona Harrington as Assistant Director for the agency’s National Risk Management Center (NRMC). Harrington started at CISA as Deputy Assistant Director for the NRMC in February 2022 and has been serving as Acting Assistant Director since March.

News Release: “The Biden-Harris Administration’s Family Reunification Task Force has successfully reunified more than 500 children with their families who were separated under the prior administration’s “zero-tolerance" policy. This is a significant milestone that reflects the tireless dedication of the many public...

News Release: Launched in April 2022, the Biden Administration’s “Counter Human Smuggler" campaign-a first-of-its-kind effort of unprecedented scale led by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-is designed to disrupt and dismantle human smuggling networks. In less than six months, this new strategy has produced over a 500% increase in human smuggling disruption activity compared to similar past operations and has recently surpassed 5,000 smuggler arrests.