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Readout of Secretary Mayorkas’ Meeting with India’s Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas spoke with India’s Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu.  Secretary Mayorkas expressed his desire to further strengthen the partnership between the Government of India and the Department of Homeland Security. Secretary Mayorkas and Ambassador Sandhu agreed to re-establish the U.S.-India Homeland Security Dialogue and to discuss important issues such as cybersecurity, emerging technology and addressing violent extremism.

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Readout of Secretary Mayorkas’ Visit to El Paso with Bipartisan Delegation of Senators

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas led a bipartisan Senate delegation to El Paso, Texas to view operations on the southwest border and receive a briefing on the processing, shelter, and transfer of unaccompanied children.

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Readout of Secretary Mayorkas’ Meeting with Germany’s Federal Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas spoke by videoconference with Germany’s Federal Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer.

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Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas Regarding the Situation at the Southwest Border

There is understandably a great deal of attention currently focused on the southwest border. I want to share the facts, the work that we in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and across the government are doing, and our plan of action.

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Secretario Mayorkas Designa a Venezuela al Estatus de Protección Temporal por 18 Meses

El secretario de Seguridad Nacional, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, ha designado a Venezuela al Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS) por 18 meses, hasta septiembre de 2022. Esta nueva designación de TPS para Venezuela permite que los nacionales venezolanos (y personas sin nacionalidad cuya última residencia habitual fue Venezuela) que residen actualmente en Estados Unidos presenten solicitudes iniciales para TPS, siempre que cumplan con los requisitos de elegibilidad.

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Secretary Mayorkas Designates Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status for 18 Months

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas is designating Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, until September 2022. This new designation of TPS for Venezuela enables Venezuelan nationals (and individuals without nationality who last resided in Venezuela) currently residing in the United States to file initial applications for TPS, so long as they meet eligibility requirements.

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STOP Act Regulations to Fight Opioid Smuggling to be Published

To combat a wide variety of tactics smugglers use to conceal fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas signed an Interim Final Rule (IFR) to promulgate regulations that will enable U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to implement provisions required in the Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention (STOP) Act. 

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READOUT: Secretary Mayorkas and American Mayors Convene to Discuss Shared Priorities

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and a bipartisan delegation from the U.S. Conference of Mayors met virtually to discuss critical issues facing American cities.

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Secretary Mayorkas Visits FEMA COVID-19 Vaccination Facility in Philadelphia

Today, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visited operations at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) new Community Vaccination Center (CVC) facility at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, scheduled to open tomorrow and expected to vaccinate up to 6,000 people per day.  Secretary Mayorkas thanked and met with the Mayor of Philadelphia, Jim Kenney, and representatives from other partner organizations including the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management, Philadelphia Department of Public Health, and the Department of Defense.

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DHS Secretary Mayorkas Announces Family Reunification Task Force Principles and Executive Director

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the principles of the Family Reunification Task Force and the appointment of the Task Force’s Executive Director, Michelle Brané.