News from December 2021
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 28, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Dec. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 28, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 28, 2021
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) expanded the use of biometric facial comparison technology Dec. 15 to the border crossings at the ports of Laurier, Metaline Falls, Ferry, Boundary, and Frontier as part of CBP’s land border innovation efforts.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents interdicted three migrant smuggling events that resulted in 34 arrests.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
Rio Grande Valley Sector agents arrested two gang members over the holiday weekend.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents and local law enforcement partners work together to disrupt dangerous human smuggling efforts.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
Within the span of 24 hours, Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents along with local law enforcement partners shut down two stash houses in Laredo, Texas .
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two United States citizens for their attempts to smuggle illegal narcotics through an immigration checkpoint Saturday evening. At approximately 7:30 p.m., a black 2006 Mazda 6 station wagon approached the Highway 86 checkpoint.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two United States citizens accused of smuggling illegal narcotics early Monday morning.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector rescued an undocumented individual in the Jacumba Wilderness region near Ocotillo Tuesday evening.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
Texas– Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents arrested three United States Citizens at the Sierra Blanca Border Patrol Checkpoint on Tuesday for narcotics smuggling.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
U.S. Border Patrol Agents discovered multiple stash houses in the El Paso Sector, leading to the apprehension of several migrants and United States Citizens in the last five days.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
Rio Grande Valley Sector agents conducting processing duties identify four gang members in a single day.On Dec. 21, McAllen Border Patrol Station (MCS) agents working near Mission, arrested a Salvadoran national illegally present in the United States.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations is close to finalizing the upgrading and modernizing of its marine vessel fleet by accepting delivery on the final 41-Foot SAFE Boat Coastal Interceptor Vessel. AMO contractually accepted its final CIV on Dec. 15. The vessel will arrive at AMO’s San Diego Air and Marine Branch in early 2022.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), Computer Emergency Response Team New Zealand (CERT NZ), New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NZ NCSC), and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK) issued a joint cybersecurity advisory with technical details, mitigations, and resources to address known vulnerabilities in the Apache Log4j software library.
By Press release submission | Dec 28, 2021
New Jersey homeowners, renters and businesses who had property damage or loss caused by remnants of Hurricane Ida from Sept. 1–3, 2021, have less than two weeks to apply for federal disaster assistance.
