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Secretary Johnson and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch are in Rome, Italy for the G6 Meeting of Interior Ministers reaffirming the importance of homeland security and intelligence cooperation between the U.S. and our European partners.
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, along with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, participated in the 2016 G6 Meeting of Interior Ministers in Rome, Italy from October 20-21, 2016. The ministerial included Interior Minister counterparts from the six largest European Union countries (France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom) and provided an opportunity to discuss the current security situation in Europe, migration flows, border security, and cybersecurity, as well as increased cooperation among the countries on these issues.
Over the last seven years, our nation has experienced increasingly severe and significant cyber incidents affecting both the private sector and Federal Government. The U.S. government’s experience responding to cyber incidents such as those that affected Sony Pictures Entertainment and the Office of Personnel Management has taught us valuable lessons and highlighted areas of growth.
Once again we express our appreciation and enormous respect for the successful security effort by the United States Secret Service and the New York Police Department at last week’s United Nations General Assembly.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Sarah Saldaña reviews where ICE has made progress over the past year, what challenges still remain, and the ongoing efforts toward carrying out its critical mission.
This month, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Blue Campaign is marking an important milestone - six years of work to combat human trafficking in the United States. Since 2010, the Blue Campaign has served as the unified voice for the Department’s efforts to combat human trafficking.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a new partnership between the DHS Blue Campaign - the unified voice for DHS’s efforts to combat human trafficking - and the Virginia Office of the Attorney General to raise awareness about human trafficking.
Today, the Department of Homeland Security’s Blue Campaign and the Department of Transportation (DOT) hosted a transportation industry stakeholder event. The event brought together leadership from both departments, as well as representatives from airline, rail, bus, and trucking companies to talk about how the transportation industry can support the fight to end human trafficking.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deputy Director Daniel Ragsdale addresses the ongoing challenge of uncooperative and recalcitrant countries as it pertains to ICE fulfilling its mission.
Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson met with Mexican Ambassador to the United States Carlos Sada to discuss opportunities for expanded cooperation between DHS and the Mexican Government on a range of homeland security-related issues.
