Karl Gardner
2015 Valor Award recipient, Karl Gardner, Vermont State Police, Burlington, Vermont was awarded for carrying an elderly man to safety with an ICE Special Agent.
An official website of the United States government
Here’s how you know
Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock
()
or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
2015 Valor Award recipient, Karl Gardner, Vermont State Police, Burlington, Vermont was awarded for carrying an elderly man to safety with an ICE Special Agent.
Christopher Pandolfi, HSI Special Agent, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, was awarded the 2015 Valor Award for carrying an elderly man to safety.
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the DHS procedures for implementing NEPA (DHS Directive 023-01, Environmental Planning Program), and the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) NEPA implementing regulations at 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, DHS prepared a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) to evaluate the potential impacts to the human environment resulting from increased Departmental activities necessary to process, detain, and transport unaccompanied noncitizen children and family units who have crossed the southwest border of the United States. DHS and its Component, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prepared a supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the proposed construction and operation of the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas to house family units that have crossed the border. The appendices to the SEA are available here.
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the DHS procedures for implementing NEPA (DHS Directive 023-01, Environmental Planning Program), and the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) NEPA implementing regulations at 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, DHS prepared a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) to evaluate the potential impacts to the human environment resulting from increased Departmental activities necessary to process, detain, and transport unaccompanied noncitizen children and family units who have crossed the southwest border of the United States. DHS and its Component, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prepared a supplemental Environmental Assessment to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the proposed construction and operation of the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas to house family units that have crossed the border. The supplemental Environmental Assessment resulted in a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).
The Task Force on Secure Communities is a subcommittee of the Homeland Security Advisory Committee (HSAC) and was created in June 2011 at the request of the Secretary of Homeland Security. The HSAC, which is composed of leaders from state and local government, first responder agencies, the private sector, and academia, provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary on matters related to homeland security.
DHS Office of Academic Engagement (OAE) works with associations, university leadership, school administrators, and more on homeland security-related issues.
CRCL conducted an investigation into conditions of detention for ICE detainees at the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, New Mexico. Between March 2011 and November 2011, CRCL received several complaints relating to a wide range of issues in regard to conditions of detention at the facility. In response to these complaints, CRCL conducted a site review at the facility from March 13-15, 2012. As part of the review, CRCL used four independent subject-matter experts: a medical consultant, a mental health consultant, an environmental health and safety consultant, and a penologist.
The reality of limited resources requires law enforcement – at all levels- to use resources strategically and wisely to accomplish their mission. Given estimates that more than ten million people living in the United States are subject to removal, Secure Communities is a critical tool that assists ICE in better focusing its resources on apprehending and removing high priority aliens, including convicted criminals and egregious immigration law violators.
In the last two and a half years, ICE has made unprecedented strides across the agency, and as a result, has made communities across America, and Americans around the world, safer and more secure. Kumar Kibble testified discussed successes and opportunities as we move into a new year.
Suspected immigration or customs violations should be reported directly to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).