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U.S. Department of Homeland Security Weekly Digest Bulletin

U.S. Department of Homeland Security
***Updated** The Week Ahead for the Department of Homeland Security **Updated** September 30 – October 4* "09/30/2024" 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of Public Affairs

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***Updated** **The Week Ahead for the Department of Homeland Security ****Updated**
**September 30 – October 4*

*"Updated guidance: Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas will no longer travel to Mexico to attend the Inauguration of Her Excellency Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo in Mexico City, Mexico as part of the U.S. Delegation due to Hurricane Helene and in support of the Department's ongoing response efforts.

"**Monday, September 30

**4:45 PM ET*
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas will participate in a fireside chat at the 21st Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.
"Media may register to watch the event by emailing ""here" <mmittelstadt@migrationpolicy.org>
"OPEN PRESS

"*4:45 PM ET
*DHS Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans Policy Advisor Laura Murphy will deliver remarks at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY
"Media may register ""here" [ https://events.cornell.edu/event/fighting-uyghur-forced-labor-government-researchers-industry-and-civil-society ]
"OPEN PRESS

"*Tuesday, October 1

*"Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas will attend the Inauguration of Her Excellency Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo in Mexico City, Mexico as part of the U.S. Delegation

"*Wednesday, October 2

**9:00 AM ET
*DHS Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity Iranga Kahangama will participate in a panel discussion titled, “Securing the Nation: In Conversation with U.S. Cyber Leaders” at FAIRCON24 in Washington, D.C.
"Media may register ""here" [ https://www.eventleaf.com/e/2024-fair-conference ]
"OPEN PRESS

"*4:00 PM ET | 1:00 PM PT
*Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Branch Chief of Cyber Resilience Thomas Millar will participate in a panel discussion titled, “Cybersecurity threats and practical steps telecom/broadband companies can take to mitigate their risks” at the Nevada Telecommunications Association Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV
"Media may register ""here" [ https://www.nevtelassn.org/ ]
"OPEN PRESS

"*2:05 PM ET
*CISA Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan will deliver virtual remarks at the National Cybersecurity Alliance’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month Virtual Kick-off Event
"Media may register ""here" [ https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_I7YbmWQaTkW-4zrs5EVLig#/registration ]
"OPEN PRESS

"*Thursday, October 3

**8:45 AM ET
*DHS Chief Information Security Officer Hemant Baidwan will deliver remarks at the Zero Trust Summit in Reston, VA
"Media may register ""here" [ https://atarc.org/event/zt-fall-summit24/ ]
"OPEN PRESS

"*9:05 AM ET
*CISA Acting Capacity Building Associate Director Shelly Hartsook will participate in a panel discussion titled, “Navigating Cyber Threat Intelligence: A Federal Perspective” at the Zero Trust Summit in Reston, VA
"Media may register ""here" [ https://atarc.org/event/zt-fall-summit24/ ]
"OPEN PRESS

"*10:50 AM ET
*CISA Zero Trust Initiative Lead Brandy Sanchez will participate in a panel discussion titled, “Strengthening Federal Cybersecurity: Zero Trust and Identity” at the Zero Trust Summit in Reston, VA
"Media may register ""here" [ https://atarc.org/event/zt-fall-summit24/ ]
"OPEN PRESS

"*10:30 AM ET
*U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Information and Technology Chief Data Officer Michelle Zebrowski will participate in a panel discussion titled, “The Cornerstone of Effective AI” at GovExec’s Accelerate AI with Trusted Data conference in Washington, D.C.
"Media may register ""here" [ https://events.govexec.com/accelerate-ai-with-trusted-data/register/ ]
"OPEN PRESS

"*1:00 PM CT
*CISA Cybersecurity State Coordinator of Texas Ernesto Ballesteros will participate in a panel discussion titled, “Zero Trust- The Cornerstone for AI and Identity Mangement” at the CyberSmart 2024: Cybersecurity Excellence in Government event in Austin, TX
"Media may register ""here" [ https://www.govevents.com/details/82478/cybersmart-2024-cybersecurity-excellence-in-government/ ]
"OPEN PRESS

"*Friday, October 4

*Nothing to report at this time

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*K-12 Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention Strategies and Resources* "09/30/2024"

Bullying and Cyberbullying
K-12 Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention Strategies and Resources

SchoolSafety.gov released a new bullying and cyberbullying prevention issue brief [ https://www.schoolsafety.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/SchoolSafety.gov_Bullying%20and%20Cyberbullying%20Prevention%20Strategies%20and%20Resources_September%202024_508.pdf ] for K-12 leaders, educators, and school staff. The brief highlights information on the prevalence of bullying and its potential indicators, details on its connection to suicide risk, and school-based prevention strategies. It also includes a listing of resources, trainings, and guides to support schools in their bullying prevention efforts.

Download and share this new brief [ https://www.schoolsafety.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/SchoolSafety.gov_Bullying%20and%20Cyberbullying%20Prevention%20Strategies%20and%20Resources_September%202024_508.pdf ] to help inform activities during Bullying Prevention Month in October and throughout the school year. Continue reading below to learn more.

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*What is bullying?
*Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived imbalance of power. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Bullying can be physical, verbal, relational or social, or take place over technology (known as cyberbullying).

*What can schools do to prevent bullying?
*School personnel can consider the following strategies when working to identify, address, and prevent bullying:

* "Create a positive school environment" to promote a culture of inclusion and respect, build school connectedness, and foster trusting relationships.
* "Establish and enforce rules" to set clear expectations for how students should treat each other and the consequences for when those expectations aren’t met.
* "Implement social and emotional learning" to help students learn skills to manage emotions, show empathy towards others, and make responsible decisions.
* "Involve and train school staff "to adopt a school-wide approach to bullying prevention and help address bullying behavior consistently and appropriately.
* "Engage parents and youth" to help reinforce anti-bullying rules and expectations at home and in school.

*Download the Issue Brief* [ https://www.schoolsafety.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/SchoolSafety.gov_Bullying%20and%20Cyberbullying%20Prevention%20Strategies%20and%20Resources_September%202024_508.pdf ]

For additional bullying and cyberbullying resources for the K-12 community, please visit SchoolSafety.gov’s bullying and cyberbullying topic page [ https://www.schoolsafety.gov/bullying-and-cyberbullying ]. If you have any questions, please contact us at SchoolSafety@mail.cisa.dhs.gov.

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*SchoolSafety.gov [ https://www.schoolsafety.gov/ ] Disclaimer*"
"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Department of Education (ED), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) do not endorse any individual, enterprise, product, or service. DHS, ED, DOJ, and HHS do not mandate or prescribe practices, models, or other activities described in this communication. DHS, ED, DOJ, and HHS do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any information outside of those respective Departments, and the opinions expressed in any of these materials do not necessarily reflect the positions or policies of DHS, ED, DOJ, and HHS.""

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of Public Affairs

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*FACT SHEET: Joint DHS-DOJ Final Rule Issued to Restrict Asylum Eligibility for Those Who Enter During High Encounters at the Southern Border
*"President Biden’s Presidential Proclamation and Joint DHS-DOJ Interim Final Rule Cut Encounters at Southwest Border by over 55%"

Today, the Biden-Harris Administration took additional steps to implement the action announced in June [ https://www.dhs.gov/news/2024/06/04/fact-sheet-presidential-proclamation-suspend-and-limit-entry-and-joint-dhs-doj ] to strengthen border security. President Biden has issued an updated Proclamation to amend the June Proclamation that temporarily suspended and limited the entry of noncitizens across the southern border that will ensure these measures stay in place until we see a sustained decrease in unlawful entries at the border. The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General also announced a joint final rule today, following the June joint Interim Final Rule (IFR) that restricted asylum eligibility and significantly increased the government’s ability to deliver timely consequences for those who cross unlawfully or arrive without authorization at the Southern border. As with the IFR, the Final Rule will be in effect during times when high levels of encounters exceed our ability to deliver timely consequences, will make noncitizens who enter across the southern border without authorization ineligible for asylum with certain exceptions, raise the standard that is used to screen for certain protection claims, and speed up our ability to quickly remove those who do not qualify for protection.

"Overview

"Following the publication of the IFR, the regulatory process continued with a public comment period. The publication of the Final Rule comes after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) reviewed and responded to 1,067 comments received. Consistent with the amended Proclamation, the Final Rule differs from the IFR in two key ways.

* First, consistent with the amended Proclamation, the measures under the Final Rule will be discontinued only after the 7-consecutive-calendar-day average of encounters between the ports of entry falls below 1,500 encounters per day for 28 consecutive calendar days. This increase in the number of days ensures that the drop in encounters is a sustained decrease and not the result of a short-term change.
* Second, unaccompanied children from non-contiguous countries will be included in the calculation of encounters for purposes of determining consecutive calendar day averages. Under the IFR, only unaccompanied children from contiguous countries were counted; however, the Departments determined that so doing underestimates the impact that processing unaccompanied children has on system capacity. Unaccompanied children from all countries remain exempted from the Proclamation and its implementing measures under the Final Rule.

The exceptions in the June 4 IFR have not changed. During periods of high encounters, the Proclamation will apply across the Southern border. Lawful permanent residents, unaccompanied children, victims of a severe form of trafficking, and noncitizens with a valid visa or other lawful permission to enter the United States are excepted from the Proclamation and Final Rule.

DHS has taken these actions to address irregular migration while repeatedly calling on Congress to act on bipartisan legislative solutions that would provide DHS with additional resources to secure our borders, enforce our federal laws, and build safe, orderly, and humane processes. These actions follow a series of steps that the Administration has taken over the past three years as it prepared for the end of the Title 42 public health Order, and since it was lifted last year, including surging personnel, infrastructure, and technology to the border; issuing the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule; and referring record numbers of noncitizens into expedited removal. In the year following the end of the Title 42 Order, we were able to return to full implementation of U.S. immigration laws under Title 8, removing or returning more than three quarters of a million people in that period, more than in any full fiscal year since 2010. Despite these efforts, our outdated and broken immigration and asylum system, coupled with a lack of sufficient funding, personnel, and resources make it difficult to quickly impose consequences on all noncitizens who cross unlawfully or without authorization and do not have a legal basis to remain in the United States.

"Impacts

"The actions announced by the President on June 4 have had a significant impact on reducing crossings between ports of entry at our Southern border. In the period between June 5, 2024, and August 31, 2024, average daily total encounters between ports of entry at the southern border under the Proclamation and IFR have fallen over 55%. The Border Patrol’s 7-day average has decreased to below 1,800 encounters per day. These executive actions have also led to a significant increase in the percentage of migrants removed from the United States, as explained in recent DHS Fact Sheets from June [ https://www.dhs.gov/news/2024/06/25/fact-sheet-president-bidens-presidential-proclamation-and-joint-dhs-doj-interim ] and July [ https://www.dhs.gov/news/2024/07/24/fact-sheet-president-bidens-presidential-proclamation-and-joint-dhs-doj-interim ].

From June 5, when the Proclamation and IFR went into effect, to August 31, DHS has processed significantly more people for expedited removal and substantially decreased the length of time it takes to get someone through the process. As a result, DHS repatriated a much higher percentage of the people it encounters than it was able to before.

* From June 5, 2024, to August 31, DHS has repatriated 70% of single adults and individuals in family units encountered by USBP, compared with 28% between May 2023 and May 2024.
* During this period, DHS removed or returned more than 121,000 individuals, including 119,000 specifically processed under the rule, with repatriations to more than 140 countries, while U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operated 398 international repatriation flights.
* In fact, total removals and returns over the past year exceed removals and returns in any fiscal year since 2010 and a majority of all southwest border encounters from fiscal year 2021 to fiscal year 2023 resulted in a removal, return, or expulsion. DHS removed or returned over three quarters of a million individuals in the 12 months after the end of the Title 42 public health Order, more than any full fiscal year since 2010. That included more removals to countries other than Mexico than in any prior year ever.
* DHS has more than tripled the percentage of noncitizens encountered between POEs who are processed for Expedited Removal while in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) or ICE custody. Expedited Removal processing was already at record levels prior to the Proclamation.
* DHS has also reduced the time it takes to remove individuals who do not establish a legal basis to remain in the United States my more than half from its historical average.
* DHS has decreased releases by over 80% of individuals encountered at the Southern border by U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) into removal proceedings.
* We continue to implement measures [ https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-announces-ongoing-work-optimize-enforcement-resources ] to increase the overall capacity of enforcement resources — including repatriation flights and detention capacity. ICE is optimizing air charter contracts to maximize the number of repatriation flights operated each week.
* Over the last year, the agency has removed individuals to a range of South American and Eastern Hemisphere countries, including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Egypt, Mauritania, Senegal, Uzbekistan, India, and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Efforts to expand the number of removal flights continue with the expectation of additional flights added to the schedule in the coming weeks.

The Proclamation and Final Rule continue to significantly enhance the security of our border by increasing the Departments’ ability to impose swift consequences for individuals who cross the southern border irregularly and do not establish a legal basis to remain in the United States.

Noncitizens in expedited removal who are subject to the rule’s limitation on asylum eligibility and do not establish a reasonable probability of persecution or torture in the country of removal will be promptly removed. Those ordered removed will be subject to at least a five-year bar to reentry and potential criminal prosecution for a subsequent unlawful reentry.

Individuals who take advantage of a safe, lawful, and orderly process, including individuals who use a Secretary-approved process like the CBP One™ mobile application’s appointment scheduling function, remain eligible for asylum. CBP makes 1,450 appointments available per day at eight land ports of entry via this functionality. Those seeking an appointment submit certain information in advance of their arrival, streamlining their processing upon arrival at the port of entry. The appointment scheduling in CBP One™ is just one example of how this Administration has leveraged innovation and technology to carry out the largest expansion of lawful pathways and orderly processes in decades.

The Final Rule also seeks public comment on extending the applicability of the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule, which currently only applies to entries between May 11, 2023 and May 11, 2025, and expanding the geographic reach, from applying to noncitizens who enter the United States from Mexico at the southwest land border or adjacent coastal borders to include those who enter at a southern coastal land border irrespective of whether they traveled through a third country. No changes to the Circumvention of Lawful Pathways rule are being implemented at this time.

Despite these extraordinary measures are a stop gap. Even with these measures in place, the Departments continue to lack the authorities and resources needed to adequately support our personnel on the frontlines. The Administration again calls on Congress to take up and pass the bipartisan reforms proposed in the Senate, which provide the new authorities, personnel, and resources that are needed to address the historic global migration that is impacting countries throughout the world, including our own. Until Congress does its part, we will continue to take any actions needed under current law and within existing resources to secure the border.

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*Statement from Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Securing the Border Final Rule* "09/30/2024" 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of Public Affairs

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*Statement from Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas on the Biden-Harris Administration’s Securing the Border Final Rule*

"Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security-Department of Justice joint final rule, following the joint interim final rule that the Departments issued in June. The joint final rule continues to limit asylum eligibility and significantly increase timely consequences for those who cross illegally at our southern border and have no legal basis to remain in the United States:

"“In June, the Biden-Harris Administration took decisive action to strengthen our nation’s border security and deter irregular migration. That decisive action – the President’s Proclamation and the Departments’ joint interim final rule that implemented it – has been delivering results: illegal crossings at our southern border have dropped by more than 55 percent. The Departments of Homeland Security and Justice have now finalized the rule, which implements the President’s updated Proclamation. This action has been taken in parallel with other Administration actions that have both increased enforcement and delivered to asylum seekers safe and lawful pathways to humanitarian relief that cut out the ruthless smuggling organizations that prey on the vulnerable.

"In the past year, total removals and returns of people crossing illegally have exceeded the number of removals and returns in any fiscal year since 2010. We have worked with other countries to disrupt and dismantle the smuggling organizations, enhance their enforcement efforts, accept the return of migrants who do not qualify for relief, make irregular migration more difficult, and much more. In parallel, this Administration has taken new and innovative steps to provide humanitarian relief to individuals in need so that they do not have to migrate irregularly at tremendous peril, in the hands of the ruthless and powerful smuggling organizations. This Administration, with its international partners, has built safe mobility offices, increased refugee processing, built new labor pathways, provided new humanitarian relief processes, and increased family reunification.

“Yet, these efforts, impactful as they have been, are no substitute for Congressional action. We cannot provide the greater and more enduring systemic changes that America’s broken immigration system desperately needs because only Congress can do that. Nor can we provide the Department of Homeland Security and the other departments responsible for administering our nation’s immigration system with the personnel, resources, and tools needed to fully meet today’s border security challenges; Congress must do that.

“Our Administration worked closely with a bipartisan group of Senators earlier this year to help craft legislation that would have delivered the toughest and fairest border security measures in decades. It would have, for example, provided funding for 1,500 new Border Patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers; 1,200 new Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel; 4,300 additional asylum officers; and more than 10,000 additional detention beds. To sustain the progress the Biden-Harris Administration has made, and to build on it, Congress must pass the bipartisan border security bill.”

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*FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell is On the Ground in North Carolina, Biden-Harris Administration Actively Responding and Providing Life-Saving Support* "09/30/2024" 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of Public Affairs

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*FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell is On the Ground in North Carolina, Biden-Harris Administration Actively Responding and Providing Life-Saving Support

*"President Biden has Directed the FEMA Administrator to Remain in Asheville, North Carolina Until the Situation has Stabilized"

WASHINGTON – FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell is on the ground today in North Carolina and will survey damage alongside Governor Roy Cooper. Criswell will remain on the ground in North Carolina until the situation has stabilized, as directed by President Biden.

Today, there are *10 federal search and rescue teams are on the ground right now and another nine teams are on the way, for a total of more than 900 personnel actively *supporting rescue efforts in affected areas.

Health and Medical Task Forces and Disaster Medical Assistance Teams from the National Disaster Medical System continue their assessments in North Carolina for rapid deployment of support as needed. One team has started emergency department decompression at Mission Hospital in Asheville and is treating patients. Another team is moving to Blue Ridge Regional Hospital in Spruce Pine to support emergency department decompression mission. *200 federal ambulances have been provided to the state*.

To aide with communications, rescue crews are continuing to work in affected areas and utility crews are working to restore cell service and critical infrastructure to restore communications to the impacted areas. Administrator Criswell has directed her team to move fast on standing up communications. FEMA has provided *40 Starlink satellite systems *to help with responder communications and additional satellites are being shipped to assist with communications infrastructure restoration. *One Starlink will be deployed per county Emergency Operations Center* to assist with communications and continuity of government.

For families and people trying to get in touch with loved ones, they are encouraged to *call 2-1-1 *or *visit UnitedWayNC.org* to fill out a request form to add them to search and rescue efforts.

Everyone should heed the warning of local officials and people should not travel to western North Carolina to keep the roadways clear.

FEMA has two Incident Management Assessment Teams in North Carolina with additional personnel arriving. These teams coordinate directly with the state to facilitate requests for assistance.

To ensure communities get urgent assistance including meals and water, FEMA has deployed *25 trailer-loads of meals*, and *60 trailers-loads of water* to the state to support response efforts. *A C-17 cargo plane full of food, water and other commodities has arrived *at the forward operating base in Ashville with a daily flow of commodities established via air bridge. An additional *18 helicopters *are on standby to help deliver additional commodities to affected areas.

There are *29 shelters open with over 1,000 occupants.* FEMA Disaster Survivor Teams will be out in the field, focusing on shelters, where they will assist survivors in applying for assistance.

A generator support package is moving from Charlotte-Mecklenberg to Ashville, with another *30 generators enroute to the staging base in Mecklenburg*.

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*CRCL September Newsletter* "09/30/2024"

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IN THIS ISSUE

*September 2024, Vol. 15, No. 1*

AI on microchip

CRCL Hosts DHS Language Access and Artificial Intelligence Symposium

This month, CRCL hosted the Department’s first-ever Language Access and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Symposium for the DHS workforce to learn about the use of AI in meeting language access needs. The virtual symposium featured opening remarks from Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia, Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at DHS and Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) who discussed key principles and commitments for ensuring compliance with civil rights in the use of AI.

Read more... [ https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/24_0930_crcl_newsletter-september-2024-508.pdf ]

DHS Statement on Safety and Enforcement During Hurricane Helene

During emergency events, DHS works with its federal, state, local, and non-governmental partners to support the needs of the people in the areas that may be impacted.

In such circumstances, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) remind the public that sites that provide emergency response and relief are considered protected areas [ https://www.dhs.gov/guidelines-enforcement-actions-or-near-protected-areas ].

Read more... [ https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/24_0930_crcl_newsletter-september-2024-508.pdf ] [ https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/crcl_newsletter_october_2020.pdf ]

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CRCL Celebrates Constitution Day and Citizenship Day at Naturalization Ceremony

Each year on September 17, our nation celebrates Constitution Day and Citizenship Day—a time to commemorate both the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787, and what it means to be a U.S. citizen. This year, USCIS welcomed more than 17,000 new citizens in over 400 naturalization ceremonies across the nation from September 14-23.

Read more... [ https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/24_0930_crcl_newsletter-september-2024-508.pdf ]

DHS and Department of Education Announce New Student Toolkit to Combat Gender-Based Violence

The DHS Council on Combating Gender-Based Violence (CCGBV), [ https://www.dhs.gov/council-combating-gender-based-violence ] a DHS body that works to advance protections for survivors of human trafficking and gender-based violence (GBV) by collaborating with agencies and offices across DHS to develop impactful policies and trainings, and the Department of Education (ED) have published a new student toolkit [ https://www.dhs.gov/gbv-student-toolkit ] on GBV for international students attending colleges and universities in the U.S.

Read more... [ https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/24_0930_crcl_newsletter-september-2024-508.pdf ]

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CRCL Joins DOJ in Stakeholder Engagements

This month, CRCL’s Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia joined in two community engagement events hosted by DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. Earlier in the month, DOJ convened its quarterly interagency meeting with Muslim, Arab, Sikh, South Asian and Hindu (MASSAH) community stakeholders where Attorney General Garland and Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division provided remarks underscoring DOJ’s commitment to addressing hate crimes.

Read more... [ https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/24_0930_crcl_newsletter-september-2024-508.pdf ]

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