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July 17, 2019 Letter from Acting Secretary McAleenan to Speaker Pelosi

July 17, 2019 Letter from Acting Secretary McAleenan to Speaker Pelosi regarding the conditions and care of families and children in custody along the Southwest Border.

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S&T BTI Institute Fact Sheet

BTI’s mission is to enhance the Nation’s ability to secure its borders, facilitate legitimate trade and travel, and ensure the integrity of the immigration system.

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No Mas Muertas/No More Deaths

Records pertaining to the June 15, 2017 event where Border Patrol Agents served a warrant and arrested four people at the No More Deaths facility in Arivaca, Arizona. These records are released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in response to a FOIA request.

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Policy Guidance for Implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols

Policy guidance for implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols, issued by Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen on January 25, 2019.

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Snapshot: SAFETY Act Program in its 15th Year, Passes 1,000 Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technologies

Beyond startup programs, university partnerships and prize competitions, there are still countless ways to promote public safety innovation. One of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) most consequential efforts to do so has focused on giving the private sector legal incentive to continue developing and deploying large scale security technologies.  

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Snapshot: C-UAS in Urban Environments

Given their rapid technology advancement and proliferation, the public safety and homeland security communities must address the fact that drones can be used nefariously or maliciously to hurt people, disrupt activities and damage infrastructure.

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Coast Guard Develops and Tests Environmentally-Friendly Buoy Moorings

S&T found a potential solution to the problem in a simple, but effective, buoy mooring system. Instead of a concrete sinker, Cole Keaoulu Santos, an innovator from Hawaii, proposed a narrow screw anchor; instead of a heavy metal chain, he suggested an elastic rope to prevent scraping of the ocean floor.

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S&T Port and Coastal Surveillance Fact Sheet

The Port and Coastal Surveillance program is a multi-year effort within the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate that will improve maritime situational awareness enabling rapid tactical response to maritime threats.

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S&T Arctic Communications and Technologies Fact Sheet

The Arctic Communications and Technologies program is a multi-year effort within the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate  that will identify and evaluate appropriate terrestrial and space-based solutions to extend and enable U.S. Coast Guard operations in the Arctic.

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S&T Ground Based Technologies Fact Sheet

The Ground Based Technologies program is a multi-year effort within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)  Science and Technology Directorate that will improve situational awareness of U.S. terrestrial borders between the ports of entry by pursuing technologies such as radars, imagers, and unattended ground sensors for use by DHS components.