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Recent News About U.S. Department Of Homeland Security
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Congressman Mark Green, R-Tenn., criticized President Joe Biden for how the administration is handling China now that new video seemingly shows a group of military-aged Chinese men headed toward the U.S. border from Panama.
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A Brazilian national in the United States illegally was detained April 4 on multiple firearms charges by officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston.
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A Salvadoran national wanted by law enforcement authorities in El Salvador was arrested in Massachusetts last month.
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Last week Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas discussed the current threats facing the U.S. at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing allocations totaling $30 billion for hospitals, highways, educational institutions, parks, water and the electric grid in Puerto Rico for reconstruction in the wake of Hurricane María.
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A Brazilian national convicted and sentenced to prison for armed robbery in Brazil, was arrested in Massachusetts by U.S. federal agents,
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiates a fresh sequence of national competitions focused on climate resilience prizes.
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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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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has refused to comment on the deliberative process of whether or not he has advised President Joe Biden on current border policies related to recent spikes in illegal immigration numbers.
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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.