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A former Minister of State of External Affairs for India is calling for government officials to reevaluate India's support of the "One China" policy because China does not support the "One India" policy. Omar Abdullah previously served as the chief minister for Jammu and Kashmir, a region that has been the subject of a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan for decades.
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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas extended and redesignated South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months.
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U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sharply criticized the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on recent actions investigating the fentanyl network of the Los Chapitos cartel in an Aug. 21 letter to Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, saying the DEA administrator "appears to have coordinated more with the press than with other federal agencies," and the DOJ seems to have taken a back seat.
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Robert Almonte was formerly a U.S. Marshall in the western district of Texas until 2016. He has spoken about the cartels on many occasions in the media. Almonte will speak at an event called the Mexican Cartels and Gangs International Summit, to be held in San Antonio from Nov. 6 to 10.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its federal partners unveiled the results of their intensified efforts to combat the trafficking of firearms from the United States into Mexico.
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A federal district court in New Jersey ruled Aug. 29 that a state law prohibiting private detention facilities for immigration violators is unconstitutional.
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The FBI is investigating a human smuggling network with ISIS ties that helped migrants, including a group from Uzbekistan, enter the U.S., according to CNN. No evidence of a terrorist plot has been found.
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A member of the Gulf Cartel was recently arrested while guiding a group of migrants across the Mexico border, Texas Department of Safety (DPS) spokesperson Lt. Chris Olivarez said in a tweet. The alleged cartel member, Salvador De Jesus Romero Nunez, will face state criminal charges for smuggling, Olivarez said.
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U.S. Border Patrol agents were recently fired upon along the Texas-Mexico border by a suspect shooting from the Mexican side of the border. According to the Border Patrol, this showcases the violence at the border and could be seen as a part of an escalation of violence stemming from Mexican drug cartels.
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On Aug. 28, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, and Senior Advisor to the President and White House Infrastructure Coordinator Mitch Landrieu announced the allocation of nearly $3 billion in climate resilience, according to a press release. The funding will enhance the resilience of communities across the nation to climate change and extreme weather events.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are releasing resources to assist communities across 22 states, where approximately 130 million Americans are under heat alerts, in managing the intensifying impact of extreme heat due to the climate crisis, according to an Aug. 24 press release. Heat-related deaths remain a top weather-related cause in the U.S., and critical infrastructure is also threatened.
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CNN reported on Aug. 30 that a smuggler affiliated with ISIS helped several migrants cross the US-Mexico border earlier in the year, prompting Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and others to question the Biden Administration's approach to the ongoing border crisis.
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The Borders, Trade, and Immigration (BTI) Institute, a national consortium led by the University of Houston, Tex., announced that its second annual Conference to Combat Human Trafficking will be held Dec. 12-13 at the University of Houston Student Center. The meeting will address new technologies aimed at limiting human and drug trafficking, and focus on areas in need of future study, a University of Houston/BTI press release said.
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Organized crime syndicates are employing the channel of remittances, which are money transfers commonly used by migrant workers, to funnel their illegal profits into Mexico, a Reuters News Agency investigation found.
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The Jalisco New Generation Cartel has started operating a unit of weaponized drone operators that convert commercial drones into bomb-like devices that can be used against their enemies, the Daily Beast reported. Research by C/O Futures and reporting by the Daily Beast have shown that the cartel is ramping up violent drone attacks.
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The mass migration crisis at the nation's southern border is placing immense pressure on public schools, sparking unnecessary crime waves and straining cities across the United States, a fellow from an anti-immigration think tank told lawmakers in Washington during a July 26 hearing.
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U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, raised concerns regarding the flow of information between government agencies.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, through the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, announced the reopening of an international field office in Havana, Cuba.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. General Services Administration announced $288 million in Inflation Reduction Act funding for construction projects at the DHS headquarters in southeast Washington, D.C.
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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the Cyber Safety Review Board will undertake a review focused on the security of cloud computing environments, particularly addressing identity management and authentication.