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Last Updated: | Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: DHS Continues to Strengthen Border Security, Reduce Irregular Migration, and Mobilize International Partnerships

The Biden-Harris Administration took decisive new action to strengthen border security, announcing a series of measures that limit eligibility for asylum and significantly increase the consequences for those who enter across the southern border.

Last Updated: | Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: Presidential Proclamation to Suspend and Limit Entry and Joint DHS-DOJ Interim Final Rule to Restrict Asylum During High Encounters at the Southern Border

The Biden-Harris Administration is taking decisive new action to strengthen border security, announcing a series of measures that restrict asylum eligibility, and significantly increase the consequences for those who enter without authorization across the southern border.

Last Updated: | Press Releases

Justice Department Expands Efforts to Dismantle Human Smuggling Operations and Support Immigration Prosecutions

Ahead of the third anniversary of the establishment of Joint Task Force Alpha (JTFA), the Justice Department announced additional efforts to dismantle human smuggling operations and increase accountability for those who violate our immigration laws.

Last Updated: | Speeches

Secretary Mayorkas Delivers Remarks at U.S. Department of Justice Press Conference

Secretary Mayorkas delivered the following remarks at a press conference announcing war crimes indictments at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

Last Updated: | Press Releases

DHS Issues Updated DHS Language Access Plan to Support its Workforce and Advance Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) joined interagency partners across the federal government in releasing its updated language access plan.

Last Updated: | Press Releases

DHS and DOJ Finalize Rule to Incentivize Use of Lawful Immigration Pathways

After receiving and considering over 50,000 public comments in response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) finalized a new rule to further incentivize individuals to use lawful, safe, and orderly pathways to enter the United States.

Last Updated: | Press Releases

The 2023 Canada–U.S. Cross-Border Crime Forum (CBCF)

Canada and the United States have an enduring partnership guided by a shared commitment to security, prosperity, and advancing democratic values.

Last Updated: | Press Releases

United States Files Forfeiture Action Against Over One Million Rounds of Ammunition Enroute from Iran to Yemen

The Justice Department announced the filing of a forfeiture complaint against over one million rounds of ammunition, thousands of proximity fuses for rocket-propelled grenades, and thousands of pounds of propellant for rocket-propelled grenades that the U.S. Navy seized in transit from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to militant groups in Yemen.

Last Updated: | Press Releases

DHS and DOJ Propose Rule to Incentivize Lawful Migration Processes

DHS and DOJ are issuing a proposed rule to incentivize the use of new and existing lawful processes and disincentivize dangerous border crossings, by placing a new condition on asylum eligibility for those who fail to do so.

Last Updated: | Publication

2023 Update to the Department Policy on Use of Force

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced updates to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Use of Force Policy as required by President Biden’s Executive Order to Advance Effective, Accountable Policing and Strengthen Public Safety to meet or exceed the Department of Justice guidance on use of force. This policy was crafted as a result of discussions with stakeholders across the Department as well as major national labor organizations to further refine processes to ensure the safety of law enforcement personnel and the communities we serve. This is the first update of the Department’s Use of Force policies since 2018.