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Recent News About U.S. Department Of Homeland Security
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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.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released the Cyber Safety Review Board’s (CSRB) report detailing findings from its investigation into the activities of the threat actor group Lapsus$.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently reported that drugs were discovered and confiscated in a vehicle attempting to cross the border, according to a press release. The incident occurred at the Calexico West Port of Entry at the U.S-Mexico border and the haul was hidden in various places within a pickup truck.
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Agents of the Rio Grande Valley Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol and state and local police seized 121 pounds of cocaine worth $3.8 million near Rio Grande City on Tuesday, Chief Jason Owens announced in a tweet.
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Ruggiero: 'Potentially tens of millions of dollars are flowing through the Chinese financial system'Anthony Ruggiero, of the Foundation For Defense of Democracies, said America needs to put more pressure on China to investigate cartel money laundering.
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Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, said in an Aug. 9 tweet that current border policies are allowing the Mexican cartels to continue operating at will. The cartels control who enters the country and are even taking advantage of the CBP One app, Green said.
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Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently traveled to the United States and Mexico border and said the current situation is unacceptable.
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Bill Melugin, a national correspondent for Fox News, said a group of armed cartel gunmen were seen on camera illegally crossing the border into Texas.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic presidential candidate, said the current open border facilitates the illegal operations of the Mexican cartels, whether it is smuggling drugs or human trafficking.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, specifically U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, issued new guidance to aid stateless noncitizens seeking immigration benefits or submitting requests to USCIS.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently announced new enforcement actions Aug. 1, targeting forced labor practices in the U.S. supply chain and holding accountable Chinese companies involved in human rights abuses against Uyghurs.
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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) recently led Republican senators in a letter to several Democratic Senate Committee chairmen, calling for them to ramp up investigations into the Department of Homeland Security’s activities to combat human trafficking.
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Two Mexican drug cartels, the Sinaloa and the Jalisco New Generation, are the most responsible for ramping up the drug epidemic in the United States, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram said in recent congressional testimony.
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Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, recently introduced legislation to tackle illegal visa overstays, requiring non-immigrants to pay a bond.
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Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said children are continually being trafficked at the U.S.-Mexico border by the cartels.
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New legislation known as the "Build the Wall and Fight Fentanyl Act," introduced by Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, would use assets confiscated from the cartels to pay for both the completion of the border wall and fentanyl treatments.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security hosted an awards ceremony July 27 at DHS Headquarters, where 56 employees received a Secretary’s Award in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the mission.
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The Department of Homeland Security, through the Transportation Security Administration, has implemented its new Transportation Security Compensation Plan, providing pay equity for all TSA employees.
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Last week, President Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas’ border policies came into question during a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security.
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The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a warning to migrants attempting to cross the border via an illegal smuggling operation. The CBP said in a July tweet that smugglers have continued to risk the lives of others for personal gain and told migrants not to make the life-threatening trip.