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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009
On September 1, 2009, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) kicks off the beginning of the first day of sixth annual National Preparedness Month. Speaking about the importance of National Preparedness Month, Secretary Napolitano said, “National Preparedness Month is about building a ...
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Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Marking a new beginning toward deploying biometric exit procedures for international travelers, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has started collecting biometrics-digital fingerprints from non-U.S. citizens departing U.S. as part of a pilot program at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. The departing non-U.S. citizens from ...
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
In efforts to beef up security at the Northern Border, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Detroit and Ottawa on Tuesday and Wednesday. Secretary Napolitano is scheduled to meet key Canadian officials like Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan and Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism ...
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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Following the footsteps of Bush Administration, the new head of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Napolitano has stated that Obama Administration wants to intensify efforts to crack down on companies that knowingly hire illegal immigrants. Speaking to reporters at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor, Napolitano said ...
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
The E- Verify program introduced by the federal government to reduce the hiring of illegal immigrants, is gaining popularity, with more than 124,000 businesses, including nearly 10,000 in California have signed up the Web-based identification program that enables employers to check employees legal status in US. Recently, it has been ...
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Beginning June 1, 2009, the longest undefended US-Canada border may have stringent security measure similar to that of U.S.’ Mexican Border. The US authorities propose to mandate anyone crossing from Canada to present a valid passport or a secure travel ID card. The Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano at a ...
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano appeared before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to present President Obama’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Budget Request for the DHS. While presenting her first Budget report, she said that the Budget would strengthen DHS’ current efforts ...
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano has highlighted the Department’s $55.1 billion FY 2010 budget request mainly focusing on counterterrorism, border security, enforcement of immigration laws, disaster preparedness, response and recovery and unification of Department as five major priorities. Secretary Napolitano hailed the budget request saying “Our ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Napolitano presented the oversight of her Department before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. During her discussion, she told the Committee that her “top obligation” is to ensure jobs for U.S. workers and step up the tough and effective enforcement of immigration laws ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
On her final day of daily briefing on the H1N1 flu situation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Napolitano said, “despite this loss (the second death in the U.S. from H1N1 flu) and despite the fact that others may still come, the science tells us that this is most ...
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