FEMA, HHS to address unaccompanied children at border

● ehill ● March 15, 2021 ● Featured IA News ● No Comments

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Saturday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has joined a 90-day interagency effort to address the situation at the U.S. southwest border, where unaccompanied migrant children continue to arrive in record numbers. According to DHS, “Since April 2020, the number of encounters… Read More

Featured Article: Small Teams in the U.S. Border Patrol

● ehill ● March 23, 2020 ● Featured Articles ● No Comments

Tactically and operationally, small teams would improve the U.S. Border Patrol’s situational awareness along the border. Throughout the area of responsibility of any sector, and likewise station, in the U.S. Border Patrol, small teams would positively affect response rates and management as the primary method of personnel
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InterAgency Journal 11-1

● ehill ● March 12, 2020 ● Featured InterAgency Journal (IAJ) ● No Comments

Inside this issue: Features The Productive Organization: Survival of the Fittest Ted Thomas, Kevin Gentzler, and Billy Miller Mission Command: Small Teams in the U.S. Border Patrol Robert W. Edwards A Solution to WMD Proliferation Michael W. Parrott A Nation Unprepared: Bioterrorism and Pandemic Response John B. Foley Missed Operational… Read More

Featured Article: Future Conflict, Open Borders, and the Need for Reform

● ehill ● July 10, 2019 ● Featured Articles ● No Comments

Featured article: Future Conflict, Open Borders, and the Need for Reform by Robert P. Kozloski As tensions rise in the global political environment and the use of military force remains a realistic possibility in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions, national security policymakers, interagency practitioners, and American citizens must carefully… Read More

Featured Article: Sovereignty-in-Being

● ehill ● July 11, 2018 ● Featured Articles ● No Comments

Featured article: “Sovereignty-in-Being”: A Dangerous New Model for Territorial Expansion in the 21st Century by Russell Handy, Michael J. Forsyth and Joseph Kunkel The basis by which nation-states “declare” sovereignty is being challenged in ways our current generation has not experienced. Non-state entities have historically ignored the concept of borders… Read More

DHS publishes updated Northern Border Strategy

● ehill ● June 21, 2018 ● IA News ● No Comments

On June 12, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an updated Northern Border Strategy. The Northern Border Strategy establishes a clear vision and discrete actions that will collectively improve DHS’s efforts to safeguard the Northern Border against terrorist and criminal threats, facilitate the flow of lawful cross-border trade and… Read More

President Trump visits JIATF-South

● ehill ● April 25, 2018 ● IA News ● No Comments

On Thursday, April 19, President Donald J. Trump visited Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-South). He was joined by Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen and other senior U.S. officials. JIATF-South, located in Key West, Florida, is a forward base responsible for the detection and monitoring of illicit trafficking to… Read More

International Summit on Borders

● ehill ● April 4, 2018 ● IA Events ● No Comments

June 19, 2018 – June 20, 2018 The International Summit on Borders will be held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., from June 19 to June 20, 2018. The summit focuses on security challenges and migration management issues, and speakers include international border security experts covering topics such… Read More

BORDERPOL Global Forum

● ehill ● September 8, 2017 ● IA Events ● No Comments

October 31, 2017 – November 2, 2017 The annual BORDERPOL Global Forum will take place between October 31 through November 2, at Amsterdam RAI in Amsterdam, Netherlands. BORDERPOL Global Forum is a multi-faceted event bringing together border agencies from 47 countries, senior border security professionals and innovative solution providers to… Read More

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