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News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas delivered remarks at the United States Conference of Mayors 91st Winter Meeting.
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News Release: DETROIT, MI - In his first two years as Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) led landmark bipartisan efforts to help ensure the federal government is better prepared to protect and serve communities in Michigan and across the country.
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News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. made additional disaster assistance available to California by authorizing an increase in the level of federal funding for emergency work undertaken as a result of severe winter storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides, beginning on Dec. 27, 2022 and continuing.
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The US Homeland Security Department published a seven page proposed rule on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
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News Release: DENTON, Texas - New flood maps have been finalized and will become effective on July 19, 2023, for portions of the cities of Elmendorf and La Vernia; and unincorporated areas of Wilson County, Texas. During the next six months, a FEMA compliance specialist will work with the community to update each floodplain ordinance and adopt these new flood maps.
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News Release: ATLANTA - Disaster survivors should be aware that con artists and criminals may try to obtain money or steal personal information through fraud or identity theft after a disaster. In some cases, thieves try to apply for FEMA assistance using names, addresses and Social Security numbers they have stolen from survivors.
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News Release: BOSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $5.8 million to the State of New Hampshire to reimburse Keene State College for the cost of providing testing for students, faculty and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A lead on a a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement tip line has resulted in the arrest last month in Spain of a foreign national on the Federal Bureau of Investigations' 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.
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News Release: WASHINGTON -- More than $5 billion in federal grants, disaster loans and flood insurance payments has been provided to the state of Florida and to households affected by Hurricane Ian to help survivors jumpstart their recovery.
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News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - Renters who received disaster assistance from FEMA for flood-damaged personal property, that returned or continued living in the same address, must notify FEMA of their intention to stay in the affected rental property. This requirement must be completed for FEMA to directly purchase a Group Flood Insurance Policy (GFIP) on behalf of the applicant.
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News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Georgia to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes on Jan. 12, 2023.
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“FLORIDA KEYS MIGRANT CRISIS“ was published in the House section on page H166 on Jan. 11
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News Release: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working with its federal, state, local, and non-governmental partners to respond to the needs of the areas that may be impacted by the severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes in Alabama and Georgia as well as the severe storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides in California.
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Release: DES MOINES Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 15 handguns at Des Moines International Airport (DSM) security checkpoints in 2022, an increase over the nine detected in 2021.
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News Release: ATLANTA - Disaster survivors should be aware that con artists and criminals may try to obtain money or steal personal information through fraud or identity theft after a disaster. In some cases, thieves try to apply for FEMA assistance using names, addresses and Social Security numbers they have stolen from survivors.
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News Release: DENTON, Texas - Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps are available for review in Lonoke County, Arkansas. Residents and business owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements.
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Rep. Jim Banks announced he is cosponsoring legislation introduced last week by Reps. Mike Waltz and Dan Crenshaw creating the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) to target Mexican drug cartels facilitating the fentanyl crisis at America’s southern border.
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“IN RECOGNITION OF THE DISTINGUISHED CAREER OF MR. ARTHUR LIBERTUCCI“ was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on page E2210 on Dec. 20, 2004
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Release: MINNEAPOLIS Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 58 handguns at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) security checkpoints in 2022.
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Non-citizen workers in the United States are getting an assist from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in asserting their legal rights in the workplace.