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A House Homeland Security subcommittee held a hearing on Customs and Border Protection’s use of facial recognition technology at airports and other ports of entry. Topics included benefits a…

The House Homeland Security Committee held a virtual hearing on the deaths of two migrant children who died while in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Health experts and rep…

A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee held a hearing on the Trump administration’s policy of separating migrant children from their parents crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. In the first p…

Officials with the Justice Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Co…

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Border Security and Immigration held a hearing on the immigration court system. Administered by the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the i…

Witnesses testified at an oversight hearing to examine the Refugee Admissions Program and concerns relating to issues of fraud and abuse, vetting procedures, and national security. Subcommit…

Homeland Security officials with the Border Patrol and Customs and Border Protection agencies testified at a hearing on the various technologies they were using to secure the nation’s border…

A bipartisan task force of the House Homeland Security Committee met to examine visa security procedures and ways to prevent terrorist entry into the U.S. Members focused on the Visa Waiver …

Witnesses testified at a hearing on the impact of technology on U.S. border security efforts. Topics included the use of aircraft, drones, and surveillance tools, as well as evaluations of b…

Panelists talked about the Migration Policy Institute’s new report on changes to the U.S. deportation system since the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) took over the responsibilities of…

Officials testified on border security issues related to immigration. Among the topics they addressed were recidivism, tracking of border crossings. and border surveillance technology. David…

Witnesses testified on border and maritime security challenges and metrics for measuring progress. Topics included defining when a border was secure, technology, operational control, immigra…

Witnesses testified about methods to best measure border security and the implications for border security efforts. They focused on a proposal to shift from a “resource-based” to a “risk-bas…