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U.S. launches operation targeting migrant-smuggling gangs
The Biden administration is trying to cut off funding sources for these groups.
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The Biden administration is trying to cut off funding sources for these groups.
The latest deadline was October 1, 2020, but the new deadline will be May 3, 2023.
In a memo to DHS employees, Alejandro Mayorkas wrote that recent events, including the January 6th attack on the Capitol, highlighted the threat domestic extremism poses.
More than 2,000 instances of assault, harassment and vandalism were reported across 47 states and Washington, D.C.
The DHS inspector general found many agents who were sent to Portland in the summer of 2020 lacked training and equipment.
The plea deal comes 100 days after the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Americans may apply for government money to help cover the funeral costs of loved ones who died of COVID-19.
Absent from his list of DHS appointments is a director for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The congressman has denied allegations and said he will not resign from office.
The letter warned of "an exigent and growing threat" to the American public following the riot that left five people dead.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a letter to members that he would "reconstitute the HSAC."
The group urged Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey to do more to clamp down on harmful content.
In his confirmation hearing, Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas promised "to elevate the level of public engagement, so that we are a transparent agency."
The DHS secretary and four senators visited several facilities, including a processing center for unaccompanied children.
Factors including COVID-19 and "emboldening" effect of the Capitol riots will "almost certainly" spur domestic violent extremists to engage in more violence.