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Joint Task Force (JTF)

Last Updated: June 21, 2018 | Publication

DHS Joint Duty Forms

View the official DHS Joint Duty Program application forms for applicants and Component supervisors.

Last Updated: January 18, 2018 | Testimony

Written testimony of ICE for a House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence hearing titled “Combating Transnational Gangs Through Information Sharing”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations International Operations Assistant Director Raymond Villanueva addresses the mission of ICE, its efforts to identify, disrupt, and dismantle  transnational criminal organizations, and its information sharing initiatives dedicated to combatting them.

Last Updated: February 16, 2017 | Testimony

Written testimony of CBP for a House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security hearing titled “A Dangerous and Sophisticated Adversary: The Threat to the Homeland Posed by Cartel Operations”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Paul Beeson, Director of DHS Joint Task Force – West addresses the evolving drug smuggling tactics and techniques used by transnational criminal organizations and how CBP is working to meet this threat and secure the Nation’s borders.

Last Updated: April 28, 2016 | Testimony

Statement for the record of CBP for a House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing titled “The Consequences of Federal Land Management Along the U.S. Border to Rural Communities and National Security”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) addresses CBP U.S. Border Patrol’s access to, and use of, Federal lands as part of CBP’s critical border security mission.

Last Updated: March 8, 2016 | Testimony

Written testimony of CBP Deputy Commissioner for a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security hearing titled “FY 2017 Budget Request for U.S. Customs and Border Protection & U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Deputy Commissioner Kevin McAleenan addresses how CBP is using the resources provided by Congress efficiently and effectively, and demonstrates how the President’s Fiscal Year 2017 Budget Request supports CBP’s continued commitment to keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the United States, securing the border, and facilitating lawful international trade and travel.

Last Updated: July 15, 2015 | Testimony

Written testimony of USCG for a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing titled “Securing the Border: Understanding Threats and Strategies for the Maritime Border”

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Assistant Commandant for Response Policy Rear Admiral Peter Brown addresses Coast Guard’s role in maritime support to border security.