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The CIS Ombudsman's Webinar Series: 2024 Annual Report

On July 30, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman) hosted a webinar highlighting its 2024 Annual Report to Congress.

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Secretary Mayorkas Testimony to the House Committee on Homeland Security

Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas delivered the following testimony at a hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security on Threats to the Homeland.

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Secretary Mayorkas Testimony to the Senate Committee on Appropriations

Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas delivered the following testimony at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on “the President’s Supplemental Request for the Departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security.” 

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Secretary Mayorkas Testimony to Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs

Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas delivered the following testimony at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs on Threats to the Homeland.

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Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas' Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security

Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas' Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security on “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland”

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DHS First Responder Vaccine Initiative Pilot Program

Annual report to Congress of DHS First Responder Vaccine Initiative (FRVI) Pilot Program

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Submitted Written Testimony Of Acting Secretary Chad F. Wolf Before The U.S. Senate Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs, September 23, 2020

Good afternoon, Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Peters, and other distinguished members of the committee. It is an honor to appear before you today as the President’s nominee to be the Secretary of Homeland Security. I’m grateful to the President for the faith and trust that he has placed in me to serve with the tremendous men and women of the Department, whose mission is now more important and crucial to the safety and security of our Homeland than ever before.

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Assistant Secretary Spivey to Chairman Thompson

The Department’s reasonable offer could fully satisfy the Committee’s legitimate information needs. However, the Committee rejected the Department’s offer and issued a subpoena seeking to compel the Acting Secretary’s appearance. That action is inconsistent with the Committee’s constitutional obligation to work in good faith to meet the Department’s legitimate interests.

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Cuccinelli Prepared Testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security on 'Worldwide Threats to the Homeland'

As Acting Secretary Wolf said in his recent State of the Homeland remarks, “the Department of Homeland Security is bound by one mission, one creed. Answering the call, often times in the most arduous of environments and difficult of circumstances, to safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values from all threats, all the time—both today, tomorrow, and in the months and years to come.”

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IG Cuffari Letter to Chairs Maloney and Thompson, 14 Sept 2020

"Dear Chairman Thompson and Chairwoman Maloney: This responds to your letter of August 27, 2020, in which you ask that I review the matters referred to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in the August 14, 2020 decision issued by the GAO General Counsel."