News from 2023


Peters Convenes Hearing with Secretary Mayorkas to Discuss Resources Needed by DHS to Address Challenges and Security Threats

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas to examine what resources and authorities DHS needs to address evolving and persistent...


Rogers Remarks At FY24 Budget Hearing For The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (As Prepared)

Release: The Subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time.


Final Defendant Sentenced for Million-Dollar Credit Card Fraud Scheme Involving Arlington Coffee Shop

News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. Two Washington D.C. women and a Clinton, Maryland, man were sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud.


Florida Man Admits Buying Gift Cards with Stolen Bank Account Information

News Release: ST. LOUIS A man from Florida caught with more than $12,000 in Walmart gift cards that hed bought using stolen bank account information pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal felony.


Secret Service Welcomes Veteran Special Agent Ronald Rowe as Deputy Director

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ronald L. Rowe Jr. has been named Deputy Director of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS). His tenure will begin in the coming months, marking the latest step in a career with the agency that began in 1999. Rowe replaces outgoing Deputy Director Faron Paramore, who will retire after dedicating more than three decades of service to the agency and its protectees.


Queen City Motors Owner Sentenced for $783,000 Fraud Scheme

News Release: Used Customers Stolen Identity Information to Obtain Fraudulent Loan Funds


Northwood Man Sentenced for Defrauding U.S. Taxpayers

News Release: CONCORD A Northwood man was sentenced today in federal court for attempting to fraudulently obtain over $6 million in CARES Act funds from the United States government, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.


Rogers Remarks At FY24 Budget Hearing For The Department of Commerce (As Prepared)

Release: The Subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time.


DHS-OPO offers new grant application process starting April 19

Center of Excellence for Homeland Security in the Arctic grant opened on April 19.


Cole Remarks At FY24 Budget Hearing For The Department of Housing and Urban Development (As Prepared)

Release: Thank you for appearing today, Madam Secretary. I am looking forward to this discussion, and especially looking forward to hearing from a distinguished and well-respected former colleague. I am very glad that HUD has a Secretary who understands what we do here in the House, and we thank you for your hard work and service to the American people.




Homeland Security Department publishes notice on April 18

The US Homeland Security Department published a two page notice on April 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


HSI investigation results in actions against international diamond/art organization for money laundering with ties to Hizballah

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), alongside partners with the U.S. Departments of Justice, Commerce, Treasury, and State announced today several international actions against Nazem Ahmad, ...


North Carolina Men Sentenced To Prison For Transporting Fraudulently Obtained Phones Out Of State

News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. Two North Carolina family members, Lal H. Mahtani, 58, of Statesville and Vivek Ramesh Mahtani, 41, of Cornelius were sentenced yesterday in federal court before Judge Kenneth D. Bell for conspiring to transport fraudulently obtained and stolen new Apple iPhones and other electronic devices to buyers in other states and overseas, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.


Diaz-Balart Remarks At FY24 Budget Hearing For The United States Agency For International Development (As Prepared)

Release: Administrator Power, thank you for being here today to discuss the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the U.S. Agency for International Development.


HSI Washington, D.C. investigation lands Honduran narcotics queenpin in prison for 20 years

HSI Washington, D.C. investigation lands Honduran narcotics queenpin in prison for 20 years


3 Romanians plead guilty to fraud in St. Louis following HSI, APD investigation

3 Romanians plead guilty to fraud in St. Louis following HSI, APD investigation


Mexican man sentenced for smuggling over 8 kilos of narcotics in candy box following HSI, federal partner investigation

Mexican man sentenced for smuggling over 8 kilos of narcotics in candy box following HSI, federal partner investigation


ERO St. Paul removes foreign fugitive wanted in Honduras for murder

ERO St. Paul removes foreign fugitive wanted in Honduras for murder