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Full Committee Hearing: “Every State is a Border State: Examining Secretary Mayorkas’ Border Crisis”Full Committee Hearing: “Every State is a Border State: Examining Secretary Mayorkas’ Border Crisis”
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Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee’s (NSTAC) report to President Biden.
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House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) announced the first Full Committee hearing of the 118th Congress, which will focus on the widespread and debilitating impact President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas’ border crisis is having on communities across the United States of America.
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This week Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) is leading the new and returning members of the House Homeland Security Committee on a “border bootcamp” to the border in El Paso, Texas to get a firsthand look at and be briefed on the daily operations of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and Texas State law enforcement partners during President Biden’s current border crisis.
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A former FBI special agent was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for conspiring to accept at least $150,000 in cash bribes and other items of value in exchange for providing sensitive law enforcement information to a corrupt attorney with ties to Armenian organized crime.
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The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Jason Lee Henderson, age 36, formerly of Wray, Colorado, has been sentenced to 28 months in prison for conspiring to commit money laundering.
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District Attorney Brian Middleton announced today that Robin Laschae Williams, 32, was arrested for the alleged theft of $30,000 to $150,000 in COVID19 relief and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster funds.
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Karen Hawkins Gier, 53, of Morgan City, Louisiana, was convicted yesterday afternoon by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. presided over the trial this week.
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A 24-year-old man who resided in Houston and grew up near Crosby has been ordered to federal prison for trafficking a minor and another for sex, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
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Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Natasha Ann Opsal, 41, of Spokane, Washington, has pleaded guilty to felony charges of fraudulently obtaining more than $50,000 in COVID-19 relief funds.
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United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that Chaz Ryan Watkins, age 35, of Springfield, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick to wire fraud in connection with a fraudulent scheme to obtain pandemic unemployment benefits.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1 million to the State of New Hampshire to reimburse the state for the cost of providing ventilators for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Department of Homeland Security, through FEMA, announced it will publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $350 million under the humanitarian portion of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP-H) to help local communities around the country better manage the costs of noncitizen arrivals in their communities
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Six weeks after a ferocious line of thunderstorms and tornadoes crossed Georgia, more than $7.48 million in federal disaster assistance was approved for homeowners, renters and businesses that were affected.
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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced more than $2 billion in funding for eight Fiscal Year 2023 preparedness grant programs.
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The facilities that house the Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center in Ponce, the Caguana Ceremonial Indigenous Center in Utuado and the Ceremonial Park Cueva del Indio in Las Piedras, three areas of great archaeological and historical value in Puerto Rico, received an obligation of nearly $1.6 million from the Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) to repair damage caused by Hurricane María.
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The FEMA-state Disaster Recovery Center in Morgan County will close permanently Feb.28.
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Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director Jen Easterly traveled to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)—home to one of the nation’s top undergraduate computer science programs and top engineering programs—to deliver a speech that called on technology providers to do more to prioritize security.
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I’m Feeling Good! Why? Because this morning, we are officially announcing the launch of CISA’s new website! It consolidates resources making them easier to find and highlights our agency’s focus on coming together as One CISA.
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On February 23, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) published the results of the 2022 Biometric Technology Rally (2022 Rally).