Latest news and press releases.
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Readout of Secretary Mayorkas’ Meeting with Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations, Gilad Erdan
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas spoke by phone with Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations, Gilad Erdan. Secretary Mayorkas and Ambassador Erdan agreed on the importance of our bilateral relationship and committed to strengthening it wherever possible.
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DHS Makes $20 Million in Funding Available for Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grants
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is making $20 million available through the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program to help communities across our country develop innovative capabilities to combat terrorism and targeted violence.
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Readout of Secretary Mayorkas’ Meeting with Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas spoke by phone with Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton. Secretary Mayorkas and Minister Dutton discussed the continued strength of the U.S.-Australia relationship and opportunities for enhancing work between DHS and the Department of Home Affairs.
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DHS Statement on Connecticut Pardons and Immigration
Section 237(a)(2)(A)(vi) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides that a noncitizen will not be deportable for certain criminal convictions “if [the noncitizen] . . . has been granted a full and unconditional pardon by the President of the United States or by the Governor of any of the several States.”
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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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ODNI, DOJ, and DHS Release Unclassified Summary of Assessment on Domestic Violent Extremism
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released an unclassified summary of the joint comprehensive threat assessment on domestic violent extremism.
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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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Joint Statement from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Assessing the Impact of Foreign Interference During the 2020 U.S. Elections
The Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), released today key findings and recommendations from a joint report to the President issued last month on the impact of foreign governments and their agents on the security and integrity of the 2020 U.S. federal elections.
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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.