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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: | Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: Additional Sweeping Measures to Humanely Manage Border

DHS and State are implementing that plan within the constraints of a broken immigration system that Congress has repeatedly failed to fix, including by not acting on President Biden’s comprehensive immigration reform proposal, bipartisan legislation to protect Dreamers and farm workers, or repeated requests for additional resources.

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La Junta Nacional del Programa de Alimentos y Refugio en Emergencias asigna más de $300 millones para brindar apoyo humanitario a comunidades locales

La Junta Nacional del Programa de Alimentos y Refugio en Emergencias anunció hoy la asignación de $332.5 millones para ayudar a las comunidades que reciben a extranjeros liberados mientras esperan los resultados de sus procesos migratorios.

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Emergency Food and Shelter Program National Board Allocates Over $300 Million to Local Communities for Humanitarian Support

The Emergency Food and Shelter Program’s National Board announced the allocation of $332.5 million to assist communities receiving noncitizens released from custody as they await the outcome of their immigration proceedings.

Last Updated: | Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: Update on DHS Planning for Southwest Border Security Measures as the Title 42 Public Health Order Ends

DHS has been preparing for the end of the Title 42 public health Order for well over a year. In April 2022,  U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued the DHS Plan for Southwest Border Security and Preparedness, laying out a six-pillar plan to manage an increase in encounters once the Title 42 public health Order is no longer in effect. DHS updated the plan this past December and presents the most recent preparedness efforts below.

Last Updated: | Speeches

Secretario Alejandro Mayorkas y Secretario Antony J. Blinken durante conferencia de prensa conjunta

Secretario Antony J. Blinken y secretario de Seguridad Nacional Alejandro Mayorkas durante conferencia de prensa conjunta

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Hoja informativa: El Gobierno de EE. UU. anuncia nuevas medidas contundentes para gestionar la migración regional

En el día de hoy, el Departamento de Estado y el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) han anunciado nuevas medidas contundentes para seguir reduciendo la migración ilegal en el Hemisferio Occidental, ampliar de manera significativa las vías legales de protección y facilitar el procesamiento seguro, ordenado y humano de las personas migrantes.

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Secretary Mayorkas and Secretary of State Blinken Remarks at a Press Conference, April 27, 2023

Secretary Mayorkas and Secretary of State Blinken Remarks at a Press Conference on New Regional Migration Management Measures on April 27, 2023.

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DHS lleva a cabo docenas de vuelos de deportación cada semana

Durante la primera mitad del año fiscal 2023, el Departmento de Seguridad Interna (DHS) efectuó 225,483 deportaciones y retornos, un aumento sobre la cifra de 170,896 durante el mismo periodo del año anterior. Esa cifra incluye casi 66,000 deportaciones, 48,381 que se llevaron a cabo por el Servicio de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE por sus siglas en inglés) de Estados Unidos. Esas cifras se suman al 453,322 que fueron expulsados por el servicio de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP por sus siglas en inglés) de Estados Unidos por la frontera suroeste bajo la orden de salud pública del Título 42.

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DHS Conducts Dozens of Removal Flights Every Week

During the first half of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) increased removals and returns to 225,483, up from 170,896 over the same period in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. That number includes nearly 66,000 removals, 48,381 of which were conducted through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removal flights. Those numbers are in addition to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) total southwest land border Title 42 expulsions, which reached 453,322 in that same timeframe.