News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

As part of its ongoing outreach initiative for Human Trafficking Awareness Month, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans participated in the Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force law enforcement symposium Jan. 13.

A Joplin man pleaded guilty in federal court Jan. 24 to receiving and distributing child pornography following a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and law enforcement partner investigation.

Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Taekuk Cho and United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Aaron Joseph Kearney, 50, of Lincoln, to 13 years imprisonment for possession of child pornography on Jan. 20

Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Taekuk Cho and United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that a jury found Dalonte Foard, 25, of Omaha, Nebraska, guilty Jan. 24 after a four-day trial in federal court for conspiracy to commit sex trafficking following an HSI and law enforcement partner investigation.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional 18,216 H-2B visas made available for returning workers for the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2023 with start dates on or before March 31, 2023, under the recently announced H-2B supplemental cap temporary final rule.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today new designs to improve security of Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) and Employment Authorization Documents (EADs). USCIS will begin issuing the redesigned cards on Jan. 30, 2023.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today released its FY 2023-2026 Strategic Plan (PDF, 6.79 MB) (PDF, 6.79 MB), which provides a roadmap for the agency’s workforce to better strengthen its capabilities and help the country reach its highest ideals.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the initial registration period for the fiscal year 2024 H-1B cap will open at noon Eastern on March 1 and run through noon Eastern on March 17, 2023.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today posted a Federal Register notice on Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is extending certain COVID-19-related flexibilities through March 23, 2023.

Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Sec. of Homeland Security, observed International Holocaust Remembrance Day Jan. 27 with an acknowledgement of the global commemoration and a personal connection.

DHS Announces Results of 2022 Invent2Prevent Final Competition

News Release: ATLANTA - A FEMA disaster recovery center will open Tuesday, Jan.31 in Meriwether County to provide one-on-one assistance to people directly affected by the Jan. 12 severe storms, straight line winds and tornadoes.

News Release: WASHINGTON -United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas and European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton, released the following joint statement on the cooperation between the United States and the European Union in the fields of Cyber Resilience

News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA is expanding the eligibility for a new grant program that provides capitalization grants to fund revolving loans for resilience-related activities.