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Recent News About U.S. Department Of Homeland Security
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A group of minors was attempting to cross the Southern border -- accompanied by a North American activist because their parents weren't present -- but they were stopped by Mexican Army soldiers.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Homeland Security Advisory Council met March 16 at the White House.
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More than 1,300 U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees were recognized in this year's annual DHS Secretary's Awards.
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U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) and U.S. Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) warned of the U.S. defense industrial base’s vulnerabilities with Dr. Seth Jones, CSIS senior vice president and director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) International Security Program.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recognized more than 1,300 employees Wednesday for outstanding achievement and their commitment to the agency's mission.
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More than 200 "removable noncitizens" were taken into custody earlier this month by Enforcement and Removal Operations agents during a nationwide operation conducted earlier this month.
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Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested a Cape Verdean woman wanted on forgery charges in her home country.
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A Brazilian native convicted of fraud in his home country was arrested in Massachusetts by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston agents and sentback to Brazil.
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The U.S. Transportation Security Administration recently issued a new cybersecurity amendment on an emergency basis to the security plans of specific TSA-regulated airport and aircraft operators.
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President Joe Biden's National Cybersecurity Strategy was released March 2.
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The U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Justice jointly announced the first extraditions from Guatemala to the United States on accusations of human smuggling resulting in death and the first extraditions from Guatemala of any type from the United States in nearly five years.
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Transportation Security Administration agents at Boston Logan International Airport stopped a 55-year-old citizen of New Hampshire from bringing a handgun onboard an aircraft.
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Transportation Security Administration officers at Westchester County Airport recently stopped a Florida man from bringing a loaded handgun on a flight.
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President Joe Biden's budget for fiscal year 2024 will provide U.S. Department of Homeland Security with billions in discretionary funding to address terrorism and other threats.
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Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston officers recently removed an unlawfully present Brazilian national wanted in his native country for using fraudulent documents.
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U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) says President Joe Biden is to blame for escalating tensions with China, saying the president has "enabled" China after comments by Qin Gang, China's new foreign minister, who warned of inevitable "confrontation and conflict" between the two nations.
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Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says Mexican drug cartels should be classified as foreign terrorist organizations.
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"Confronting Threats Posed by the Chinese Communist Party to the U.S. Homeland" was a hearing broadcast March 9 presented by the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement and Intelligence.
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Mexican President Andres Manual Lopez Obrador has criticized proposals in Congress to use military action against Mexican drug cartels, while Rep. Brian Higgins (R-N.Y.) suggested that the U.S. doesn't need Mexican support to fight the cartels.
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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares wrote a letter, signed by 20 other state attorneys general, to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken Feb. 8, asking them to take swift and immediate action to abate the deadly fentanyl scourge.