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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) kicks off its inaugural Emergency Communications Month. Through its emergency communications mission, CISA supports and promotes the ability of emergency response providers across the nation to communicate in the event of...

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Multiple Large Groups Encountered by Del Rio Sector Border Patrol
Multiple Large Groups Encountered by Del Rio Sector Border Patrol

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Media Advisory: CBP Continues Travel Media Virtual Roundtable Series with Focus on Agriculture Enforcement
Media Advisory: CBP Continues Travel Media Virtual Roundtable Series with Focus on Agriculture Enforcement

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CBP Retires Labrador After 5 Years of Service
U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees at John F. Kennedy International Airport said goodbye to CBP Agriculture K-9 Bobo, an eight-year-old black Labrador, who spent five years with CBP at JFK.

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Criminal Migrants and Gang Members Arrested Throughout the RGV
Rio Grande Valley Sector agents arrested multiple gang members and criminal migrants with extensive criminal histories including murder and sexual assault convictions and charges.

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250 Counterfeit Chanel Brooches Seized in Vicksburg
On March 29, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers at the port of Vicksburg/Jackson, MS selected for inspection a shipment from China containing 250 women’s brooches.

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CBP Fact Sheet: Enforcing the President’s Executive Orders Holding the Russian Federation Accountable for Continued Aggression in Ukraine
President Biden recently signed two Executive Orders (EO), EO 14066 on March 8, 2022, that included a prohibition on the importation of crude oil, petroleum energy products, liquified natural gas, and coal products from the Russian Federation, and EO 14068 on March 11, 2022, prohibiting the importation of fish, seafood, alcoholic beverages, and non-industrial diamonds that are products of Russia.

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Laredo Sector Border Patrol stops a human smuggling attempt at Checkpoint
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Interstate Highway 35 checkpoint stopped a human smuggling attempt involving a tractor-trailer.

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More Human Stash Houses Located in the Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners work together to disrupt three human smuggling stash houses.

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Human Smugglers Cause Brush Fire and Property Damage
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted six migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 15 arrests.

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Border Patrol Agents Rescue Migrants Locked in Train Car
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector encountered 22 migrants, trapped in multiple rail cars, March 31.

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Chair Pingree Statement at National Tribal Organizations Public Witness Hearing for FY23
Release: Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), Chair of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the fiscal year 2023 budget request for the Government Accountability Office.
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Chairman Ryan Statement at the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the Government Accountability Office Hearing
Release: WASHINGTON -House Committee on Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on the bipartisan agreement reached in the Senate to provide additional funding to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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TechX Marks the Spot for Global Collaboration
News Release: At the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), even the most usual of opportunities can be something quite special. Tonight, I will log onto my computer and travel into the future. Well, sort of.

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TSA stops gun at Dane County Regional Airport
Release: MADISON - Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a handgun from making its way onboard an airplane at Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) Monday.

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Portman, Hassan Applaud Senate Passage of Bipartisan Pray Safe Act
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) announced that the Senate has passed their bipartisan Pray Safe Act to establish a federal clearinghouse through which faith-based organizations...

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Chairman Ryan Statement at the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the Congressional Budget Office Hearing
Release: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the National Tribal Organizations Public Witness Hearing for Fiscal Year 2023.

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Bills addressed by Homeland Security Committee on April 4
There was activity on one bill related to the Homeland Security Committee on April 4.

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