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Release: FREDERICKSBURG, Va. - Residents of the Fredericksburg region will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck® program at the AAA office in Fredericksburg from April 11 to 15, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center.
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Peters Statement on Homeland Security Priorities in President Biden’s Budget Proposal
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the homeland security priorities included in President Biden’s budget proposal for the Fiscal Year 2023. The proposal includes investments to combat ongoing cybersecurity threats, protect houses of worship from terror attacks, and ensure secure and efficient travel and trade across our nation’s borders.
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Biden warns Americans, "The magnitude of Russia’s cyber capacity is fairly consequential, and it’s coming.”
While there's no evidence of any specific cyberattack threat, the FBI and President Biden have warned Americans about the potential for Russian cyberattacks in the near future.
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Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents stop a human smuggling attempt involving a box truck
Laredo North Station agents working at the Interstate Highway 35 (I-35) immigration checkpoint stopped a human smuggling attempt involving a commercial box truck. The incident happened shortly before noon on March 22, when a rental box truck approached the primary inspection lane at the I-35 checkpoint.
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Del Rio Agents, Texas DPS Respond to Failure to Yield
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Del Rio Station responded to a failure to yield March 10.
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Laredo Sector Border Patrol and local law enforcement halt a human smuggling attempt
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Zapata Station, working with Zapata County Sheriff’s Office (ZCSO), stopped a human smuggling attempt in Zapata, Texas.
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Thomas C. Sivak Appointed FEMA Region 5 Administrator
News Release: CHICAGO - Thomas C. Sivak, recently appointed as regional administrator of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), began his service on Monday, March 28, 2022. As Region 5’s administrator, Sivak will lead and coordinate all activities in support of FEMA’s mission with the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin and 34 federally recognized tribes in the region.
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FEMA Cost-Share Adjustment Grants More Assistance for Alaska
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced today that President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. made additional assistance available to the state of Alaska by authorizing an increase in federal funding for public assistance projects undertaken as a result of an earthquake on Nov. 30, 2018.
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Chairman Bishop Statement at Oversight: Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Agriculture Hearing
Release: Today, House Appropriations Subcommittee Chairs praised President Biden's 2023 budget request. Reactions from Cardinals are below.
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Former Houston-area music teacher sent to prison for child pornography following ICE HSI investigation
A former Houston Independent School District (HISD) music teacher was sentenced March 25 in the Southern District of Texas to 135 months in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography, following an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston.
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Former sheriff’s deputy sentenced to 10 years for possessing child pornography following investigation by ICE HSI, state and local law enforcement
A former Harris County (Texas) Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) deputy was sentenced March 25 to 10 years in prison for possession of child pornography following an investigation conducted by U.S.
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Texas man sentenced to 20 years in prison for producing child pornography following ICE HSI investigation
A Texas man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for producing child pornography following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Beaumont, Texas, and the Orange County (Texas) Sheriff’s Office.
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ICE HSI investigation results in sentencing of 2 Fort Hood soldiers for role in human smuggling conspiracy
Two soldiers stationed in Fort Hood, Texas, but detailed to Laredo were sentenced to federal prison Friday for conspiring to transport noncitizens.
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ICE to close Etowah Detention Center
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will discontinue use of the Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, AL and will limit the use of the three other detention facilities:
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Temporary TSA PreCheck® application center set for week of April 4 At the AAA Glenside office in Richmond
Release: RICHMOND, Va. - Residents of the Richmond Capitol region will be able to enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s popular TSA PreCheck® program at the AAA Glenside office on Broad Street in Richmond from April 4 to 7, where officials will host a temporary “pop-up" enrollment center.
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DeLauro Statement on President Biden’s FY2023 Discretionary Funding Request
News Release: House Committee on Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro released the following statement on President Biden’s signing of H.R. 2471, the bipartisan and bicameral omnibus appropriations and Ukraine supplemental package.
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FY23 budget supports better pay for the TSA workforce
Release: WASHINGTON - The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Budget submitted to Congress today includes $9.70 billion for the Transportation Security Administration(TSA)- $1.4 billion more than TSA’s FY22 appropriations. This funding, once appropriated by Congress, will support critical efforts to modernize TSA’s...
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TSA extends public transportation mask mandate to April 18: 'seeing a light at the end of the tunnel'
Citing the guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Biden Administration has extended the public transportation mask mandate until April 18.
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