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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and author of the Dream Act, spoke on the Senate floor today about the reported immigration deal between Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), as well as the urgency of passing the Dream Actthis Congress to protect Dreamers from deportation.
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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today met with the U.S. Sentencing Commission to discuss policy priorities for the upcoming sentencing guideline amendment cycle, including implementing provisions from Durbin’s bipartisan First Step Act.
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U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today released the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Judge Colleen Lawless to serve as a District Court Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois:
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Federal agents arrested a former ICE deportation officer Wednesday evening on federal charges claiming he abused his position to coerce sex from victims under his supervision in the Alternatives to Detention (ATD) program
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A Kansas man was sentenced to 27 years in prison for engaging in sexual acts with a child and taking nude pictures and videos of the child.
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U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced two brothers, Andy Teruel Colina (25, Miami) and Adrian Teruel (31, Orlando), to federal prison terms. Andy Teruel Colina was sentenced to 5 years for aggravated identity theft and for producing, using, or trafficking in one or more counterfeit access devices, possession of 15 or more counterfeit and unauthorized access devices, and possession of device-making equipment.
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United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of an indictment charging Andrea Mitchell (53, Tampa), Lester Best (54, Tampa), Gloria Gutierrez (51, Lakeland), Sylvester Robinson (57, Temple Terrace), Neukenya Jokines (52, Riverview), Kinya Lillie (52, Tampa), Jewel Jordan (52, Brandon), Andre Wright (54, Hinesville, GA) and Rozaundra Lillie (53, Tampa) with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
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U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton has sentenced two brothers, Andy Teruel Colina (25, Miami) and Adrian Teruel (31, Orlando), to federal prison terms.
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United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Carlos Alberto Roman (56, Orlando) has pleaded guilty to possession of controlled substances and possessing a firearm equipped with a silencer in furtherance of that drug crime. Roman faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 30 years, up to life, in federal prison.
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A federal indictment was unsealed today charging two individuals in a pre-IPO investment scheme.
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A federal jury in Charlotte has convicted Michael Mandel Baldwin, 53, of Alexandria, Virginia, for orchestrating an investment scheme that defrauded victims of more than $800,000, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
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A Shreveport, Louisiana mother and son are among those indicted on federal charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.
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Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Patrick Freaney, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service (“USSS”), announced today that JOEL ZUBAID, DAVID GORAN, JULIAN REBIGA, a/k/a “Iulian Rebiga,” and MARTIN MIZRAHI, a/k/a “Marty Mizrahi” (collectively, the “Defendants”), were arrested for participating in a scheme to defraud businesses, banks, and individuals of more than $9.2 million through business email compromise and credit card fraud schemes.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announces the launch of the new Remote Identity Validation Technology Demonstration (RIVTD)
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Strengthening and protecting our nation’s critical cyber infrastructure is a monumental task, one that the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) takes seriously. T
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Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) held its fifth Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (CSAC) meeting where Director Easterly led a discussion with committee members on the CSAC’s strategic focus for 2023.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is assigned to oversee the development, testing, implementation, and sustainment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) communications by White House tasking (Executive Order 13618).
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Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) blasted the Biden administration for pushing regulations that will throttle the franchise model and undermine the path to the American Dream for many entrepreneurs.
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Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee Republican Leader Russ Fulcher (R-ID) sent a letter to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte A. Burrows to sound the alarm on the agency’s draft Strategic Plan, which misses opportunities for making EEOC more responsive to workers and employers.
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Today, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Lisa McClain (R-MI) introduced the College Cost Transparency and Student Protection Act, which makes college cost decisions more consumer friendly.