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• House GOP launches new probe of Jan. 6, tries shifting blame for Capitol attack away from Trump
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• Secretary Mayorkas Delivers Remarks at #SummerReady Extreme Heat Summit
• Ranking Member Thompson Releases Statement on DHS School Safety Report
• House Republicans send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate, forcing trial

Encounters of Chinese nationals in March 2024 increased over 8,000 percent compared to March 2021, and have surpassed all of last fiscal year––just six months into FY24. March also marked a historic high for encounters along the busiest sector of the northern border, the Swanton Sector, which saw a nearly 50-percent increase compared to the previous March, and more than a 2,000-percent increase compared to March of FY21. More than 1,000 Chinese nationals have crossed the northern border every month for the past five months.

House GOP launches new probe of Jan. 6, tries shifting blame for Capitol attack away from Trump

8038 to a new section immediately prior to Division A within the engrossment. In light of this, Chairman Arrington and Representative Bergman’s letter to GAO asked if the Biden Administration violated the law by blocking the use of funds intended to continue the construction of border barriers. Thus, GAO, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), authored a report entitled “Border Barrier Construction and Obligations” for DHS to seek factual information and its legal views on this matter. At the time, Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), who had been hospitalized for emergency abdominal surgery, made a surprise arrival, wheeled into the chamber in scrubs and socks to vote against it — leaving the vote tied, and failed. But critics of the impeachment effort said the charges against Mayorkas amount to a policy dispute over Biden’s border policy, hardly rising to the Constitution’s bar of high crimes and misdemeanors. The charges against Mayorkas next go to the Senate for a trial, but neither Democratic nor Republican senators have shown interest in the matter, and it may be indefinitely shelved to a committee.

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It will also develop recommendations to prevent and prepare for AI-related disruptions to critical services that impact national or economic security, public health, or safety. DHS is responsible for the overall security and resilience of the nation’s critical infrastructure, which hundreds of millions of Americans rely on every day to light their homes, conduct business, exchange information, and put food on the table. Critical infrastructure encompasses sixteen sectors of American industry, including our defense, energy, agriculture, transportation, and internet technology sectors. The Board will advise DHS on ensuring the safe and responsible deployment of AI technology in these sectors in the years to come, and it will look to address threats posed by this technology to these vital services. To accelerate the deployment of AI and machine learning technologies throughout the Department, Secretary Mayorkas announced in February the Department’s first-ever hiring sprint to recruit 50 experts to better leverage these technologies across strategic areas of the homeland security enterprise. These include efforts to counter fentanyl, combat child sexual exploitation and abuse, deliver immigration services, secure travel, fortify our critical infrastructure, and enhance our cybersecurity.

Secretary Mayorkas Delivers Remarks at #SummerReady Extreme Heat Summit

– Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced the establishment of the Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board (the Board). The Board will advise the Secretary, the critical infrastructure community, other private sector stakeholders, and the broader public on the safe and secure development and deployment of AI technology in our nation’s critical infrastructure. The Board will develop recommendations to help critical infrastructure stakeholders, such as transportation service providers, pipeline and power grid operators, and internet service providers, more responsibly leverage AI technologies.

Ranking Member Thompson Releases Statement on DHS School Safety Report

The Department’s latest efforts follow President Biden’s Executive Order (EO), “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence,” signed in October 2023. In the EO, the President directed Secretary Mayorkas to establish the AI Safety and Security Board to support the responsible development of AI. The President also directed DHS to promote the adoption of AI safety standards globally, protect U.S. networks and critical infrastructure, reduce the risks that AI can be used to create weapons of mass destruction, combat AI-related intellectual property theft, and help the United States attract and retain skilled talent, among other missions. The launch of the Board is a keystone of wide-ranging efforts within DHS to respond to the rapid emergence of AI technology. Chairman Mark Green’s commitment to defending the homeland began long before his swearing-in to Congress, as he served our nation as a decorated U.S.

This is an unprecedented failure by the Senate to do its duty, which, for the first time in our history, has outright refused to conduct an impeachment trial when given the opportunity to do so. Provides that upon transmission to the Senate of a message that the House has concurred in the Senate amendment to H.R. 8038, as passed by the House, if passed by the House, are laid on the table. Provides that in the engrossment of the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R.

Full Committee Markup of Fiscal Year 2024 Homeland Security and Legislative Branch Bills - House Appropriations

Full Committee Markup of Fiscal Year 2024 Homeland Security and Legislative Branch Bills.

Posted: Wed, 21 Jun 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]

–– Today, the House Committee on Homeland Security released its “Startling Stats” factsheet detailing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) border encounter numbers for March of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. Last month marked the halfway point for the fiscal year and the third worst March in decades at the Southwest border (189,372). Read previous “Startling Stats” factsheets at homeland.house.gov/border-startling-stats.

Kinzinger and Cheney were both censured by the Republican National Committee for participating in the committee. Cheney told “CBS Sunday Morning” that she’s concerned about how multipronged the effort to keep Trump in office was. Thompson has focused on domestic terrorism and cybersecurity — particularly election security — in his 17 years as the highest-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee. So far in FY24, 24,376 Chinese nationals have been encountered at the Southwest border, 24,214 of them apprehended illegally crossing the border.

STARTLING STATS FACTSHEET: Encounters of Chinese Nationals Surpass All Fiscal Year 2023 at the Southwest Border

The committee continues to operate in a bipartisan manner, passing almost all of its legislation out of the committee unanimously. Provides that the amendment printed in part D of the Rules Committee report shall be considered as adopted, and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. Provides that for those amendments reported from the Committee of the Whole, the question of their adoption shall be put to the House en gros and without demand for division of the question. Provides that the amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report shall be considered as adopted, and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. Mayorkas is not the only Biden administration official the House Republicans want to impeach. They have filed legislation to impeach a long list including Vice President Kamala Harris, Atty.

Under Chairman Green’s leadership, the committee will proactively and aggressively combat authoritarian nation states that seek to strategically undermine our way of life, rightfully recognize cybersecurity as the pre-eminent national security threat of our time, and protect the sovereignty and integrity of our territorial borders. The second select committee was formed in 2003 at the beginning of the 108th Congress as a select committee with Rep. Christopher Cox of California as its chairman and Jim Turner of Texas as its ranking member. The creation of the committee was necessitated by the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. As an executive branch department, the newly formed Department of Homeland Security required congressional counterparts to facilitate legislative action and oversight.

Additionally, the committee has authorization and policy oversight responsibilities over the Department of Homeland Security. Mayorkas, who did not appear to testify before the impeachment proceedings, put the border crisis squarely on Congress for failing to update immigration laws during a time of mass global migration. Kinzinger, the other Republican to vote to create the committee, was also asked by Pelosi to serve on the panel. She is chairwoman of the House Administration Committee, which oversees the Capitol Police. That committee has held several hearings on how department leaders handled the riot and the security failures that allowed more than 1,000 people to storm the building without going through normal security procedures.

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the nation’s Capitol will begin a series of six televised hearings on Thursday. (2) In addition, the Committee shall review and study on a primary and continuing basis all Government activities, programs, and organizations related to homeland security that fall within its primary legislative jurisdiction. Homeland Security Investigations special agents have broad law enforcement authorities and a unique versatility that enables them to quickly meet emerging threats, such as the fentanyl epidemic, surges in organized retail crime, fraud related to global pandemics and child exploitation. WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Investigations, the principal investigative agency within the Department of Homeland Security, today launched HSI.gov — a standalone website designed to highlight its mission to shield the United States from global threats. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part E of the report.