Latest news and press releases.
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Recognizes 158 Employees at Secretary’s Award Ceremony in New York
On September 12, DHS held an awards ceremony hosted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), where 158 employees received a Secretary’s Award in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the Department’s mission.
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DHS Establishes United States-United Kingdom-Australia Supply Chain Resilience Cooperation Group (SCRCG) to Tackle Supply Chain Threats
DHS, the United Kingdom (U.K.)’s Department for Business and Trade of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Australia’s Department of Industry, Science, and Resources established the United States-United Kingdom-Australia Supply Chain Resilience Cooperation Group to enhance efforts to combat threats to critical supply chains.
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HSI Seizes Over 350 Website Domains Used to Import Illegal Switches and Silencers From China
BOSTON — HSI seized more than 350 internet domains that were allegedly used for the illegal importation of switches and silencers from China.
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DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement During Tropical Storm Francine
During emergency events, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) works with its federal, state, local, and non-governmental partners to support the needs of the people in the areas that may be impacted.
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DHS Partners with Japanese Counterparts to Strengthen Maritime Cybersecurity Cooperation
From August 21-22, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Government of Japan conducted a successful tabletop exercise focused on enhancing maritime cybersecurity and incident response capabilities.
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Department of Homeland Security Announces $380 Million in Additional Funding to Communities Receiving Migrants
DHS, through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), announced the allocation of over $380 million through the Shelter and Services Program (SSP).
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Joint Statement: Trilateral on Irregular Migration
The Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs Luis Gilberto Murillo, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas, and the Panamanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Javier Eduardo Martinez-Acha led the high-level delegation that met in Cartagena de Indias for their Third Trilateral Meeting on Irregular Migration.
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DHS Announces Funding Allocations for Fiscal Year 2024 Preparedness Grants
The Department of Homeland Security announced final allocations of nearly $724 million in six Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 competitive preparedness grant programs.
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Major Enforcement Operation in Guatemala Secures Arrest of Human Smuggler Indicted by JTFA
Extensive coordination and collaboration between the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department and domestic and international partners resulted in a major enforcement operation that dismantled a human smuggling network based in Guatemala. In June 2022, this network smuggled people into the United States on a journey that ended with the deaths of 53 migrants in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas. Twenty-one of the deceased migrants were Guatemalan.
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Recognizes 190 Employees at Secretary’s Award Ceremony in Georgia
On August 15, DHS hosted an awards ceremony at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) Headquarters in Glynco, Georgia, where 190 employees received a Secretary’s Award in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the Department’s mission.