News from June 2023
Committee Releases FY24 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee. The bill will be considered tomorrow, June 22nd at 8:30 a.m. The markup will be live-streamed and can be found on the Committee’s website.
Sullivan County Woman Arrested For Multimillion-Dollar Money Laundering And Bank Fraud Scheme
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2023
News Release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Patrick J. Freaney, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service (USSS), announced today the unsealing of an Indictment charging TETIANA BERRIORS with conspiring to commit ...
Lexington County Man Sentenced to 23 Years on Attempted Coercion and Enticement of a Minor
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: COLUMBIA, S.C - Christopher Michael Alexander, 32, of Gilbert, South Carolina, was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to attempted enticement of a minor for sexual activity, to be followed by a lifetime of supervision and registration as a sex offender.
Secretary Mayorkas Appoints New Members to Academic Council to Advise DHS
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON -Today, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced new members to the Homeland Security Academic Partnership Council (HSAPC), which he reconstituted in 2022. The Council will provide strategic and actionable recommendations to the Secretary on campus ...
Committee Releases FY24 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee. The bill will be considered tomorrow, June 23rd at 10:30 a.m. The markup will be live-streamed and can be found on the Committee’s website.
Disaster Recovery Center in Dededo Relocating to Juan M. Guerrero Elementary School
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: To better serve the Typhoon Mawar survivors, the disaster recovery center in Dededo will transition from Dededo Sports Complex to Juan M. Guerrero Elementary School at 520 Harmon Loop Road, Dededo, beginning Saturday, June 24, open daily, 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
ICE conducts removal flights June 22
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted multiple removal flights including to Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Peru as part of dozens of flights conducted each week throughout the hemisphere and around the world.
Granger Remarks at FY24 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill Full Committee Markup
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
Release: First, I want to thank Chairman Fleischmann for his work on this bill.
Womack Remarks at FY24 Financial Services and General Government Markup
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
Release: Good morning, everyone. The Subcommittee will come to order.
Calvert Remarks at FY24 Defense Appropriations Bill Full Committee Markup
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
Release: Thank you, Chairwoman Granger. I appreciate your leadership and your continued support of our men and women in uniform.
Granger Remarks at FY24 Defense Appropriations Bill Full Committee Markup
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
Release: As the former chair of the Defense Subcommittee, I know firsthand what it takes to craft this bill.
Russian Nationals Charged With Hacking One Cryptocurrency Exchange And Illicitly Operating Another
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: Charges Brought by the Southern District of New York, the Northern District of California, and the Department of Justices Criminal Division
EU-US joint statement following the EU-US Ministerial on Justice and Home Affairs
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: 1. On 21 June 2023, the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union hosted the EU-U.S. Ministerial Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs in Stockholm. The European Union was represented by the Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, the Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, as well ...
TSA at Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport installs two new security technologies that enhance checkpoint screening capabilities
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
Release: SALISBURY, Md. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed two new security technologies that enhance screening capabilities of travelers and their belongings at the Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport security checkpoint. A new credential authentication technology (CAT) unit and a 3-D computed tomography scanner are now in use at the airports checkpoint.
Next Phase of DHS Campaign to Stop Fentanyl Will Focus on Interdiction and Supply Chain Disruption
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Following the success of Operations Blue Lotus and Four Horsemen, which stopped nearly 10,000 pounds of fentanyl during their two-month run and led to 284 arrests in those two months, today the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the next phase of its surge campaign to target ...
Committee Approves FY24 Defense Bill
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Full Committee met to consider the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Defense Subcommittee. The measure was approved by the Committee with a vote of 34 to 24.
Statement from Secretary Mayorkas on the Candidacy of Ian Saunders to Become the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement on the candidacy of Ian Saunders to become the Secretary General of the World Customs Organization.
New checkpoint technology at Indianapolis International Airport helps TSA officers detect threats, protect passengers
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
Release: INDIANAPOLIS State-of-the-art advanced technology Computed Tomography (CT) checkpoint scanners that provide 3-D imaging have been installed in all 14 Transportation Security Administration screening lanes at Indianapolis International Airport (IND).
Granger on FY24 Financial Services and General Government Markup
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
Release: As we continue to move through markups, it is important to remember that this is not a normal funding year. Trillions of dollars were spent outside of the annual appropriations process during the last Congress, and we must re-evaluate our spending priorities.
New Equipment for the Puerto Rico Veterinary and Agrological Laboratory Following FEMA Allocation
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 23, 2023
News Release: San Juan, Puerto Rico - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) allocated nearly $670,000 to replace equipment for the Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture’s (PRDA) Veterinary and Agrological Laboratory, due to damage after Hurricane María. The facility performs all tests and certification of animals exported and imported into Puerto Rico to ensure that they are free of disease.