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U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) says President Joe Biden is to blame for escalating tensions with China, saying the president has "enabled" China after comments by Qin Gang, China's new foreign minister, who warned of inevitable "confrontation and conflict" between the two nations.
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Ramaswamy: Mexican cartels should be classified as foreign terrorist organizations

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says Mexican drug cartels should be classified as foreign terrorist organizations.
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Pfluger: 'American companies will not be complicit in these atrocious human rights violations' in CCP

"Confronting Threats Posed by the Chinese Communist Party to the U.S. Homeland" was a hearing broadcast March 9 presented by the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement and Intelligence.
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New York congressman: U.S. doesn't need Mexico's help to fight drug cartels

Mexican President Andres Manual Lopez Obrador has criticized proposals in Congress to use military action against Mexican drug cartels, while Rep. Brian Higgins (R-N.Y.) suggested that the U.S. doesn't need Mexican support to fight the cartels.
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Lyons: 'Unlawfully present fugitive with an international arrest warrant' apprehended in Connecticut

An woman wanted on charges of fraud and embezzlement in Ecuador was apprehended by Enforcement and Removal Operations officers with Boston's Fugitive Operations Team.
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State attorneys general seek 'decisive action against the Mexican drug cartels'

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares wrote a letter, signed by 20 other state attorneys general, to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken Feb. 8, asking them to take swift and immediate action to abate the deadly fentanyl scourge.
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Mayorkas: 'DHS is fundamentally a department of partnerships'

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released the Fiscal Year 2023 Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity.
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Grothman: Subcommittee gets chance 'to examine the technology and resources that work to keep our nation safe at the border'

Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI), chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs, announced in advance of the March 8 hearing on “Force Multipliers: Examining the Need for Additional Resources to Disrupt Transnational Crime at the Border and Beyond” would analyze the Department of Homeland Security’s methods for addressing crime, drugs, and human trafficking at the southern border.
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National Navigation Safety Advisory Committee Meeting; March 2023 Meetings discussed on March 6 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations discussed on March 6 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Department of Homeland Security marks 20th anniversary

President Joe Biden recently joined the Department of Homeland Security to recognize 20 years of progress "securing the homeland."
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DHS-OPO grant application closes on April 14

Request for Information on Barriers to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in applying for Nuclear Forensics Research Awards (NFRAs) grant opened on March 8.
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Homeland Security Department discusses Notice of Publication of Vessel Traffic Services National Standards for Operating COMDTINST 16630.3B on March 6

The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations discussed on March 6 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Homeland Security Department discusses Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations on March 6

The US Homeland Security Department published a three page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Homeland Security Department discusses Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget on March 6

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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Safety Zone; South Fork Wind Farm Project Area, Outer Continental Shelf, Lease OCS-A 0517, Offshore Rhode Island, Atlantic Ocean discussed on March 6 by Homeland Security Department

The US Homeland Security Department published an eight page proposed rule on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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FEMA Awards Almost $1.5 Million to State of New Hampshire for COVID Training Costs

News Release: BOSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending almost $1.5 million to the State of New Hampshire to reimburse the state for the cost of training during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Lyons: Brazilian fugitive 'attempted to evade justice by hiding' in Massachusetts

Fugitive Operations Team members of Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston detained a Brazilian fugitive wanted for murder in his native country Feb. 21.
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China Desk: Chad Wolf

Chad Wolf is Executive Director at the America First Policy Institute. He is the former acting Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security.
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