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By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston, with assistance from ERO Mexico and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force in Mexico, removed Gregorio Gutierrez-Galvan, a 64-year-old previously removed Mexican national, from the United States on March 10.
Former MLB player, co-conspirator convicted of drug conspiracy
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
Following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Nashville, former MLB player Luther Hackman, 48, pled guilty to money laundering and conspiring to distribute cocaine March 9
Brothers convicted of methamphetamine conspiracy
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
Following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Nashville, a federal jury in the Western District of Tennessee convicted two brothers of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.
ERO Boston removes foreign fugitive wanted in Brazil for fraud
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston removed foreign fugitive and unlawfully present Brazilian national Carlos Alberto Moraes, 57, from the United States on March 10. Moraes is wanted in Brazil for using fraudulent documents.
Texas man convicted of sex trafficking, possessing child pornography
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
A Houston man pleaded guilty to several sex trafficking crimes and possession of child pornography Feb. 27 following a Human Trafficking Rescue Alliance investigation con
USCIS Processing Times for Orphan and Hague Adoption Cases
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
On Nov. 2, 2022 USCIS announced a change in our method for calculating orphan and Hague adoption case processing times.
DHS Publishes Federal Register Notice Extending and Redesignating Somalia for Temporary Protected Status
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
The Department of Homeland Security today published a Federal Register notice extending and redesignating Somalia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 18 months, from March 18, 2023, through September 17, 2024.
USCIS Provides Guidance on Program for International Entrepreneurs
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued comprehensive guidance (PDF, 311.98 KB) on parole for international entrepreneurs.
New Entrepreneur Resources Available on USCIS Website
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has published additional online resources on uscis.gov to provide an overview of some of the temporary and permanent pathways for noncitizen entrepreneurs to work in the United States.
USCIS Updates Policy Guidance on Mobile Biometrics Services
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
We are issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address how we provide mobile biometrics services
USCIS Announces Premium Processing; New Online-Filing Procedures for Certain F-1 Students Seeking OPT or STEM OPT Extensions
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced today the expansion of premium processing for certain F-1 students seeking Optional Practical Training (OPT) and F-1 students seeking science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) OPT extensions who have a pending Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, and wish to request a premium processing upgrade.
Chairmen Green, McCaul, Rogers, Turner Statement on ODNI 2023 Annual Threat Assessment
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Committee on Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) issued the following statement on the 2023 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community.
PETERS AND LANKFORD REINTRODUCE CLEAR AND CONCISE CONTENT ACT
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and James Lankford (R-OK) reintroduced their bipartisan Clear and Concise Content Act. The bill ensures that guidance, instructions, and other public information published by the federal government is written in plain language.
PETERS CONVENES HEARING TO EXAMINE POTENTIAL RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing to assess the potential risks and opportunities related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
PETERS & BRAUN REINTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO BOLSTER TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FEDERAL AGENCY PERFORMANCE GOALS
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced bipartisan legislation to bolster the performance of federal agencies and ensure they are effectively carrying out their mission for the American people.
PETERS, LANKFORD & CORNYN INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, James Lankford (R-OK), and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced bipartisan legislation to enhance the Department of Homeland Security’s ability to combat human trafficking.
PETERS JOINS FIREFIGHTERS & LOCAL OFFICIALS IN SAGINAW, HIGHLIGHTS HIS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO EXTEND SUPPORT FOR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, toured Saginaw Fire Station 1 today to discuss the need to pass his bipartisan legislation to extend federal grant programs that are set to expire. During the visit, Peters highlighted how the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program, the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program, and the United States Fire Administration (USFA) provide critical federal resources to Michigan’s fire departments, like Saginaw’s.
Chairman Green: “Cartels Have Mastered How to Use Biden and Mayorkas’ Failed Border Policies to Their Advantage”
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) issued the following statement on the four Americans who were kidnapped on the Mexico side of the Southwest border.
Subcommittee Chairman Pfluger Delivers Opening Statement in Hearing on Confronting Threats from the CCP to the Homeland
By Homeland Newswire Reports | Mar 19, 2023
House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) delivered the following opening statement for a hearing to examine the numerous threats the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses to the U.S. homeland and what actions must be taken to mitigate the threat to U.S. homeland equities.