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Recent News About U.S. Department Of Homeland Security
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) with the Customs Administrations of Guatemala and Colombia, according to an April 18 release. The MRA allows for exchanging membership information and recognizes the compatibility of the respective supply chain security programs.
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In an effort to combat artificial intelligence threats out of China, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has established a task force to counter developing threats.
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The U.S. Border Patrol has seen a rise in individuals crossing the southern border in March compared to February, but numbers are down from this time last year.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported Operation Blue Lotus seized more than 4,000 pounds of fentanyl in its first month.
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A 30-year-old man from the Dominican Republic was arrested by Enforcement and Removal officers in Boston April 11 for a murder in his native country.
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Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston recently arrested a Chinese national on charges of being in the country illegally.
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During a recent House subcommittee meeting, members on both sides of the aisle agreed that more needed to be done to stop a recent surge in unaccompanied children crossing the southern border, but each side blamed the other for the situation.
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U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, along with Republican colleagues, introduced the Border Reinforcement Act to combat the crisis at the southern border.
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Sebastian Rotella, a senior reporter at ProPublica and author of "How a Chinese-American Gangster Transformed Money Laundering for Drug Cartels" was recently on the Federal Newswire China Desk Podcast to discuss how the Chinese pharmaceutical industry works with Mexican drug cartels to bring fentanyl into the United States.
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Multiple federal departments have partnered with U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) to bring federal charges against a previously sanctioned foreign national linked to a terrorist organization.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have removed a Peruvian national accused of crimes stemming from membership in the Colina Group death squad, including the disappearance of nine students and a professor in Lima’s La Cantuta neighborhood in 1992.
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The Department of Homeland Security announced April 13 the sentencing of a Honduran woman for her role as a leader in a conspiracy to traffic cocaine into the United States.
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A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) probe has led to criminal conspiracy convictions for two international businesses related to Iranian sanctions.
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The Justice Department recently filed a forfeiture complaint against one of the largest seizures of munitions shipments from Iran to Yemeni militant groups.
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During a Senate oversight committee hearing on March 28, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced questions about the increase of Chinese nationals crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, with U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) calling on Mayorkas to resign.
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FEMA has completed more than 850 site inspections in Puerto Rico as part of the Public Assistance Program to jumpstart the island’s recovery in the wake of Hurricane Fiona.
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The U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and State have implemented changes to a federal program to help migrant children from Central America enter the U.S.
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A foreign national faces criminal charges after a San Diego-based Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) probe uncovered evidence of human trafficking and sexual exploitation of an underage migrant.
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The Transportation Security Administration has ordered more than 1,200 computed tomography (CT) scanners worth $1.3 billion for use in airport checkpoints starting this summer.
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Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) agents at Syracuse-Hancock International Airport in New York stopped a Texas man at security checkpoint on April 8 who was carrying a .40-caliber revolver loaded with 11 rounds, including one in the chamber.