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FACT SHEET: DHS Has Taken Unprecedented Steps Resulting in a Border More Secure Than it Was Four Years Ago

During the Biden-Harris Administration, under the leadership of Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has taken unprecedented steps that have made the Southwest Border more secure than it was four years ago despite historic levels of global migration.

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DHS Conducts Removal Flight to the People’s Republic of China

On December 9, DHS through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), conducted the fourth large-frame charter removal flight in less than six months to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) of Chinese nationals with no lawful basis to remain in the United States.

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DHS Conducts Removal Flight to the People’s Republic of China

On November 16, DHS, through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, conducted a third large-frame charter removal flight in less than six months to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) of Chinese nationals with no lawful basis to remain in the United States.  

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DHS Conducts Removal Flight to the Republic of India

On October 22, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), conducted a large-frame charter removal flight to the Republic of India of Indian nationals who did not establish legal basis to remain in the United States.

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DHS Conducts Removal Flight to China

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), conducted a removal flight to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) of Chinese nationals.

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DHS Announces Proposed Rule and Other Measures to Enhance Security, Streamline Asylum Processing

As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s continued efforts to enhance the security of our border and deliver more timely consequences for those encountered who do not have a legal basis to remain in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would allow statutory bars to asylum to be applied much earlier in the process.

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DHS Conducts Removal Flights to Venezuela and Central America

DHS, through ICE working in coordination with CBP, facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America and Venezuela from December 26 - 27.

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DHS Conducts Removal Flights to Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela

DHS, through the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) working in coordination with CBP, facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. If a noncitizen arrives and has no legal basis to remain in the United States they will be processed and removed quickly, consistent with U.S. law.

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DHS Conducts Removal Flights to Central America and Venezuela

DHS facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America and Venezuela. During each of the past two weeks, we have conducted over thirty repatriation flights transporting thousands of individuals back to their country of origin and have repatriated over five thousand individuals directly to Mexico.

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El DHS continúa los vuelos directos de adultos solos y unidades familiares

El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés), a través del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE) trabajando en coordinación con la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de EE. UU. (CBP), facilitó vuelos de expulsión, que incluyeron a adultos solos y unidades familiares, con destino a Venezuela y Centroamérica.