DHS Statement on Safety and Immigration Enforcement During Emergency Events

An archive of statements about the Department’s immigration enforcement posture during certain emergency events, including natural disasters.

Hurricanes

• DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement During Tropical Depression Imelda (September 21, 2019)
  • Statement in multiple languages
• DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement During Hurricane Dorian (August 30, 2019)
  • Statement in multiple languages
• DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement During Tropical Storm Barry (July 11, 2019)
  • Statement in multiple languages
• DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement During Hurricane Michael (October 10, 2018)
  • Statement in multiple languages
• DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement During Hurricane Florence (September 14, 2018)
• CBP and ICE Statement Regarding Hurricane Nate (October 17, 2017)
• DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement During Hurricane Irma (September 6, 2017)
  • Statement available in Chinese, French, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Tagalog, and Vietnamese
• Joint Statement from ICE and CBP Regarding Hurricane Harvey (August 25, 2017)
  • Statement available in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Tagalog, Urdu, and Vietnamese
• ICE-CBP Joint Message Regarding Hurricane Matthew (October 6, 2016)
  • Statement available in Spanish, Haitian Creole, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese
• ICE-CBP Joint Message Regarding Hurricane Sandy (October 26, 2012)
  • Statement in multiple languages
• ICE-CBP Joint Message Regarding Hurricane Isaac (August 28, 2012)

Wildfires

• DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement During the California Wildfires (October 25, 2019)
• DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement During the California Wildfires (October 13, 2019)
  • En Espanol
• DHS Statement Regarding Safety and Enforcement During Northern California Wildfires (August 6, 2018)
• DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement During the California Wildfires (November 9, 2018)

National and Other Emergencies

• DHS Statement on Equal Access to COVID-19 Vaccines and Vaccine Distribution Sites (February 1, 2021)
  • Statement in multiple languages
• Tweets in Response to El Paso Shooting from ICE and CBP (August 3-4, 2019)
• Public Notice on the Current Emergency in Flint, Michigan (February 24, 2016)