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Fact Sheet: Zero-Tolerance Prosecution and Family Reunification

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Health and Human Services (HHS) have a process established to ensure that family members know the location of their children and have regular communication after separation to ensure that those adults who are subject to removal are reunited with their children for the purposes of removal. The United States government knows the location of all children in its custody and is working to reunite them with their families.

Stopping Illegal Immigration and Securing the Border

DHS is committed to enforcing our immigration laws so that we can secure our border and keep the American people safe.

Readout of Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen's Meeting with Guatemalan Minister of Government Enrique Degenhart

Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen met this morning with Guatemalan Minister of Government, Enrique Degenhart, whom she congratulated on his appointment as Minister.

Written testimony of CBP for a Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing titled “The MS-13 Problem: Investigating Gang Membership As Well As Its Nexus to Illegal Immigration, and Assessing Federal Efforts to End the Threat”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) U.S. Border Patrol Acting Chief of Carla Provost addresses the role of CBP to protect the homeland and secure the Nation’s borders while facilitating lawful international travel and trade.

Written testimony of ICE for a Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing titled “The MS-13 Problem: Investigating Gang Membership As Well As Its Nexus to Illegal Immigration, and Assessing Federal Efforts to End the Threat”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations Acting Executive Associate Director Derek Bennerm and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Executive Associate Director Matthew Albence address the mission of ICE, its efforts to disrupt, dismantle and investigate violent gang activity within the United States, and its role in addressing issues related to unaccompanied alien children arriving in the United States.

Written testimony of CBP for a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing titled “Initial Observations of the New Leadership at the U.S. Border Patrol”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Chief Mark Morgan and USBP Deputy Chief Carla Provost address their initial observations of current USBP operations and challenges, and their vision for securing the U.S. border between the Nation’s ports of entry.

Written testimony of CBP for a Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing titled “The Unaccompanied Children Crisis: Does the Administration Have a Plan to Stop the Border Surge and Adequately Monitor the Children?”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) U.S. Border Patrol acting Chief Ronald Vitiello addresses the role of CBP in the care and placement of unaccompanied alien children who cross the Nation’s Southwest border.

Written testimony of ICE for a Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing titled “The Unaccompanied Children Crisis: Does the Administration Have a Plan to Stop the Border Surge and Adequately Monitor the Children?”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations Executive Associate Director Thomas Homan addresses ICE’s role in addressing issues related to unaccompanied children arriving in the United States.

Written testimony of DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson for a Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing titled “Review of the President’s Emergency Supplemental Request”

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson reviews the Department’s efforts to address the recent rise of unaccompanied children and adults with children crossing the southwest border in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas.

Written testimony of FEMA, CBP, and ICE for a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing titled “Challenges at the Border: Examining the Causes, Consequences, and Responses to the Rise in Apprehensions at the Southern Border”

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowski, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Winkowski review the Department’s efforts to address the recent rise of unaccompanied children and others crossing our border in the Rio Grande Valley.

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