WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Detention Watch Network, a coalition that says it builds power through advocacy and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the United States, issued the following news release: * * * "People are not commodities" - Detention Watch Network Responds to Acting ICE Director's Dehumanizing Comments Washington, DC -- In response to Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director, Todd Lyons comments at the 2025 Border Security Expo, Setareh Gha more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Anti-border security Nellie Pou is a threat to NJ Thanks to a radical state policy, the New Jersey State Police are prohibited from complying with federal arrest warrants for illegal immigrants. This criminal policy is a threat to New Jerseyans' safety, but radical Nellie Pou fully supports it anyway. This is par for course for out of touch Pou, who recently visited the border as a poli more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 10 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Hobbs Urges Expedited Review of Delayed Border Security and Public Safety Funds FEMA delays Operation Stonegarden, other homeland security funds by 60-90 days Phoenix, AZ - This week, a federal court temporarily stayed its order enforcing a preliminary injunction that had required the Department of Homeland Security to release critical border security and public safety funds. Now, rei more PR

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Immigration Hub issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Beatriz Lopez On Why Pro-Immigration Forces Are Losing the Information War & How to Fight Back The far right has spent millions peddling its anti-immigrant narrative. Philanthropy can help tell a more powerful story about immigrants' value to the nation. In her new op-ed (https://www.philanthropy.com/article/pro-immigration-forces-are-losing-the-information-war-heres-how-to-fight-back?sra=true) for Th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following transcript: * * * Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Delivers Opening Remarks at 2025 Central American Security Conference in Panama City SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE HEGSETH: Minister Abrego, Admiral Holsey, ministers, chiefs of defense, fellow troops of the United States, good morning to everybody. It is great to see all of you again. Got a chance to spend time with many of you last night. It's a privilege. As you know, t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Delivers Opening Remarks at 2025 Central American Security Conference in Panama City SECRETARY OF DEFENSE PETE HEGSETH: Minister Abrego, Admiral Holsey, ministers, chiefs of defense, fellow troops of the United States, good morning to everybody. It is great to see all of you again. Got a chance to spend time with many of you last night. It's a privilege. As you know, the sec more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news: * * * Gabe Vasquez's Failures Cause State of Emergency New Mexico has declared a state of emergency in Albuquerque over rising crime and the deadly fentanyl crisis. Gabe Vasquez's radical and soft on crime failures have directly led to the chaos in New Mexico. Out of touch Gabe Vasquez: Called for defunding the police. Called the border crisis a " non-existent threat." Called efforts  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Hidalgo CBP officers this weekend intercept spider monkey, $980K in cocaine in separate enforcement actions HIDALGO, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agriculture specialists at Hidalgo Port of Entry this weekend intercepted a spider monkey, more than $980K in cocaine in two separate, unrelated enforcement actions. "Our frontline CBP offic more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: * * * ICE arrests Tren de Aragua gang member illegally residing in Houston area HOUSTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the FBI and the Texas Department of Public Safety arrested Jesus Alberto Escalona-Mujicas, a 47-year-old illegal alien from Venezuela and documented Tren de Aragua gang member, April 9, in Bryan, Texas. Escalona-Mujicas was ar more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection has released the following public communication dated March 24, 2025, from the Express Association of America: * * * Re: Docket No. USCBP-2025-0003 Trade and National Security Actions and Low-Value Shipments * * * These comments are submitted on behalf of the Express Association of America (EAA) in response to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Federal Register Notice (FRN) of January 21, more ST