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Last Updated: | Press Releases

Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Identity Theft

TAMPA, Fla. — A Mexican national has pled guilty to aggravated identify theft for misuse of a Social Security Number and falsely claiming U.S. citizenship to gain employment following a joint HSI Tampa investigation.

Last Updated: | Press Releases

DHS to Supplement H-2B Cap with Nearly 65,000 Additional Visas for Fiscal Year 2025

DHS, in consultation with the Department of Labor, announced that it expects to make an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas available for FY 2025, on top of the congressionally mandated 66,000 H-2B visas that are available each fiscal year. 

Last Updated: | Fact Sheets

FACT SHEET: DHS Completes First Phase of AI Technology Pilots, Hires New AI Corps Members, Furthers Efforts for Safe and Secure AI Use and Development

In the year since President Biden issued his landmark Executive Order (EO) 14110, “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence,” DHS has taken bold action to responsibly leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) to advance the homeland security mission. 

Last Updated: | Press Releases

HSI Investigation Leads to Conviction of Former Bosnian Prison Camp Supervisor for Scheme to Conceal Participation in Wartime Persecution

BOSTON — A Swampscott man was convicted Oct. 18 following a two-week jury trial in Boston after HSI special agents uncovered a 25-year scheme to conceal his persecution of ethnic Serbs during the Bosnian War.

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DHS Offers Protections for Lebanese Nationals Currently in the United States

DHS is announcing new actions to provide temporary immigration reprieve to eligible Lebanese nationals currently in the United States and allowing them the opportunity to request work authorization.

Last Updated: | Site Page

Informal Proposals Shared with USCIS

A selection of informal proposals that the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman) has shared with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

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Formal Recommendations by the CIS Ombudsman

Formal recommendations sent by the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman) to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

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GBV Student Toolkit Flyer

GBV Student Toolkit Flyer

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Statement from Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Securing the Border Final Rule

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued a statement on the Department of Homeland Security-Department of Justice joint final rule, following the joint interim final rule that the Departments issued in June. 

Last Updated: | Fact Sheets

FACT SHEET: Joint DHS-DOJ Final Rule Issued to Restrict Asylum Eligibility for Those Who Enter During High Encounters at the Southern Border

The Biden-Harris Administration took additional steps to implement the action announced in June to strengthen border security.