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Mayorkas: Democracies must ‘reject harmful uses of technology and stand together’

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas promoted U.S. efforts to mitigate technology misuse and abuse during the second Summit for Democracy virtual gathering last month in Washington, D.C.

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Criswell: 'As the disasters become more frequent, as the needs become more complex'

Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell attended the National Emergency Management Association’s Mid-Year Forum in Alexandria, Va. to discuss ongoing recovery efforts across the nation and to propose overhauling the nation's emergency recovery response programs.

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Mayorkas refuses to call border a crisis despite rising statistics: ‘We face a very serious challenge in certain parts of the border’

Questions about how to qualify statistics from the U.S.-Mexico border are being raised after U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas refused to call the situation at the border a “crisis” on "60 Minutes."

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Mayorkas: 'The entire federal family is here to support these communities' in Mississippi

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency are on hand to assist the state of Mississippi following a string of tornadoes that devastated the region.

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Ehrlich: 'FEMA is pleased to be able to assist the state of Vermont'

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently announced more than $3 million in grant funding for Vermont to reimburse the state for medical costs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Chief Border Patrol agent on encounters with Chinese nationals: 'Most encountered since 2010 in a single day'

U.S. Chief Border Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez of the agency's Rio Grande Valley Sector tweeted about border patrol's March 17 encounters with Chinese nationals.

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Chief Border Patrol agent: 'I don’t have the correct adjective to describe what’s going on'

U.S. Chief Border Patrol Agent John Modlin stated in front of a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing last month that border apprehensions were already considered unprecedented and have now moved beyond that and he couldn't find a proper adjective to describe the situation.

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Smugglers abandon 'more than 57,000 unaccompanied children' at southern border as young as age 1

The chief of Border Patrol released video footage recently showing a smuggler crossing the U.S.-Mexican border and abandoning a 1-year-old child on the U.S. side of the southern border. This comes on the heels of comments by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who has refused to state if the American southern border is actually secure.

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Judge: Biden administration's border release policies violate Administrative Procedure Act

The Center for Immigration Studies recently reported that the Florida vs. the U.S. lawsuit has limited the Biden administration’s ability to release illegal migrants by ruling the detention mandate in Section 235(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) also applies to the government.

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Former federal agent: U.S.-Mexico border is 'chaos'

Victor Avila has lived by, worked along and watched the U.S.-Mexican border for years. The former federal agent has a blunt assessment of its current state.

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Wyden: Pharmacy Benefit Managers 'an industry that is going in the wrong direction'

The Senate Finance Committee discussed ways to combat rising drug prices at its March 30 meeting "Hearings to Examine Pharmacy Benefit Managers and the Prescription Drug Supply Chain, Focusing on the Impact on Patients and Taxpayers."

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Mayorkas: 'In disasters like this, there are no strangers'

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Deanne Criswell, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, visited Mississippi in the wake of devastating tornadoes that struck the region March 24, to assess the damage and meet with officials.

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Lyons: ERO Boston removed 'a dangerous, foreign fugitive from the community'

Federal authorities returned a 50-year-old Mexican national and foreign fugitive wanted for kidnapping to his homeland.

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Brown: 'HSI will not stop investigating human smuggling cases'

Homeland Security Investigations and other U.S. and Mexican law enforcement agencies worked together to assist Interpol and the Fuerza Estatal de Seguridad Ciudadana in the arrest of a human smuggler and their alleged accomplice who have allegedly been operating on the U.S.-Mexico border for several years.

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Johnson: 'Combating human smuggling is one of our top law enforcement priorities'

A human smuggler and a suspected accomplice were apprehended by Interpol Mexico and the Fuerza Estatal de Seguridad Ciudadana.

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Burrola: Buying medication from unauthorized sellers 'poses a great danger'

Homeland Security Investigations special agents in El Paso reportedly seized more than 10,000 dosages of fake pharmaceuticals and prescription medications from local businesses March 17.

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New Homeland Security program aims to provide public with more resources to fight terrorism

Federal authorities have launched a new website aimed at combating targeted violence and terrorism by providing the public with more resources to fight back.