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James C. Harris III Announces New Position as Assistant Director, Countering Transnational Organized Crime at Homeland Security Investigations
James C. Harris III, MBA, MPA, has been appointed as the Assistant Director, Countering Transnational Organized Crime at Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a move he announced on LinkedIn. Harris ...
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ICE, FBI Arrest High-Ranking MS-13 Leader Who Controlled Gang Activities in U.S., Mexico, Europe
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI apprehended an illegal Salvadoran alien charged in his home country with possession of firearm, extorsion and terrorist affiliation when officers ...
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Youngstown Brothers Sentenced to Over a Decade for Interstate Cocaine Trafficking
Two Youngstown, Ohio, residents were sentenced in federal court in Pittsburgh on February 26, 2025, for their convictions of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and ...
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Coast Guard Interdicts 21 Aliens West of Point Loma, California
The crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock and Cutter Forest Rednour interdicts 21 aliens aboard a 25-foot boat approximately 20 miles west of Point Loma, California, Feb. 28, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard ...
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PERSPECTIVE: Supporting a Fully Comprehensive Review and Reform of FEMA
On March 4, Carrie Speranza, CEM, president of the United States Council of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM-USA), testified before the House Committee on Homeland Security’s ...
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Judge Rejects NYC’s Request to Order Immediate Return of $80M From FEMA to Shelter Migrants
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Federal Emergency Management Agency doesn’t need to immediately return more than $80 million that it took away from New York City last month in a dispute ...
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Coast Guard Medevacs Cruise Ship Passenger Experiencing Multiple Strokes
A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew conducts a medevac for a cruise ship passenger offshore the Island of Hawaii Feb. 27, 2025. (Coast Guard video, courtesy by Air ...
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Felon Arrested by St. Louis CBP at Lambert International Airport
On March 2, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Lambert International Airport arrested a 62-year-old male on an outstanding felony warrant. The U.S. citizen was departing St. Louis ...
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Fairfax County Announces Federal Workforce Resource Hub
The Fairfax County Government announced its new Federal Workforce Resource Hub in a LinkedIn post earlier this week. Fairfax County, Virginia is home to around 80,000 federal employees and over 3,800 ...
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Troy Edgar Confirmed 53-43 as Deputy Secretary for DHS
Former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official Troy Edgar will become the agency’s Deputy Secretary after the Senate confirmed his nomination in a mostly partisan vote. Senators voted 53-43 on ...
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CBP Officers Seize $346K in Cocaine at Anzalduas International Bridge
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers this weekend at Anzalduas International Bridge seized a significant load of cocaine valued at more than $346,000 in a single ...
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PERSPECTIVE: Future of FEMA
FEMA has never been more called upon or its workforce more stretched thin. A growing frequency of catastrophic disasters and a once-in-a-century pandemic have had widespread impacts on emergency ...