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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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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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CRCL is Experiencing a High Volume of Calls

The DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) has received an extraordinarily large volume of calls regarding the administration’s zero-tolerance policy.  We are working diligently to document every contact we receive and are attempting to keep our voice mailbox clear for additional messages.

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Written testimony of DHS JTF-West Director for a House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security hearing titled “Defeating a Sophisticated and Dangerous Adversary: Are the New Border Security Task Forces the Right Approach?”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Paul Beeson, Director of U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Joint Task Force-West (JTF-W) addresses how JTF-W is working to address the threats posed by Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) to the safety and security of the United States

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Written testimony of DHS JTF-Investigations Director for a House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border & Maritime Security hearing titled “Defeating a Sophisticated and Dangerous Adversary: Are the New Border Security Task Forces the Right Approach?”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Janice Ayala, Director of U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Joint Task Force for Investigations addresses solutions to threats posed by drug cartels and smugglers.

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Written testimony of CBP for a Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control hearing titled “Drug Trafficking Across the Southwest Border and Oversight of U.S. Counterdrug Assistance to Mexico”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations Assistant Commissioner Todd Owen addresses the role of CBP in combating the flow of dangerous narcotics into the United States. 

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FONSI - Influx of UAC and Family Units Across the SW Border

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the DHS procedures for implementing NEPA (DHS Directive 023-01, Environmental Planning Program), and the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) NEPA implementing regulations at 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, DHS prepared a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) to evaluate the potential impacts to the human environment resulting from increased Departmental activities necessary to process, detain, and transport unaccompanied alien children and family units who have crossed the southwest border of the United States. The PEA resulted in a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).

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Securing and Managing Our Borders

DHS has deployed personnel, technology, and resources to the Southwest border to prevent the illegal entry of people, weapons, drugs, and contraband.