News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted two narcotics smuggling attempts resulting in the seizure of more than 731 pounds of marijuana.

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted three migrant smuggling attempts resulting in 36 arrests. On March 21, Kingsville Border Patrol Station agents working at the Javier Vega Jr. Border Patrol Checkpoint referred a tractor hauling a refrigerated trailer to the secondary inspection area following a K-9 alert.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents intercepted a center console vessel near Cabo Rojo, finding 695 pounds (315.4 Kilos) of cocaine inside its hull and one firearm.

Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted two narcotics smuggling attempts resulting in the seizure of more than 574 pounds of marijuana.

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced bipartisan legislation to help identify and mitigate potential conflicts of interest between taxpayer-funded...

News Release: House Committee on Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 discretionary funding request.

Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN), Chair of the Defense Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the United States Central Command (CLOSED):We welcome back our witness, General Kenneth McKenzie, Commander of U.S.

On Thursday, the head of the Gulf Cartel, Jose Alfredo Cardenas-Martinez, aka El Contador, 42, of Matamoros, Mexico, was indicted on various charges related to his position as the head of the Cardenas family drug trafficking operation known as the Cartel del Golfo.U.S.

A southern Arizona woman was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly 5 years in prison for her role in smuggling fentanyl and heroin into the U.S. following an investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Nogales assisted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

A local area man has been charged by information for laundering money pursuant to a U.S.

Two Houston-area residents pleaded guilty Tuesday to possessing with intent to distribute 777 kilograms of methamphetamines following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Houston.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) are issuing a rule to improve and expedite processing of asylum claims made by noncitizens subject to expedited removal, ensuring that those who are eligible for asylum are granted relief quickly, and those who are not are promptly removed.The rule authorizes asylum officers within U.S.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visited Mexico and Costa Rica to discuss collaborating on mutual challenges and goals, such as regional issues and management of migration, according to a March 15 news release.

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced today a new federal grant initiative that will help four states affected by Hurricane Ida, one of the most intense storms to hit the United States in recent years, become more resilient to flooding.

A man from Denton County, Texas, received a 45-year federal prison sentence for five counts of production of child pornography and one count of transportation of pornography, according to a March 16 news release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.