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U.S. could see similar wildfire season as last year
The National Interagency Fire Center faces some uncertainty in making its predictions because global circulation patterns are uncertain. The La Niña weather pattern of 2011 could be transitioning to an El Niño episode.
Border security reaches point of diminishing returns, says report
The United States has reached a point of diminishing returns when it comes to security deployments along the southwestern border, says a year-long study.
Coast Guard has area maritime security plans in place, says GAO
All 43 U.S. port areas requiring a Coast Guard area maritime security plan have one, the Government Accountability Office says. In a report (.pdf) dated April 6, the GAO says it examined in detail...
Illegal immigration population stable in 2011
The population of illegal immigrants in the United States in 2011 remained substantially unchanged from the year before, the Homeland Security Department says in a new estimate (.pdf). The DHS office
U.S. inmate population declines slightly
The inmate population in federal and state prisons declined in 2010 for the first time since 1972, finds a December 2011 bulletin (.pdf) from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. A population of
FEMA can't be experimental and quick, says DHS OIG
A 2006 congressionally mandated program to develop innovative intermediate housing for displaced victims of Hurricane Katrina was doomed from conception ("preordained...to be difficult to implement
Mexico, U.S. need closer border cooperation, says DHS task force
A task force appointed by the Homeland Security Department recommends closer cooperation between the governments of Mexico and the United States in border security and cross-border commerce customs
Along maritime borders, local law enforcement coordinating with federal officials
Cooperation is making maritime border security more efficient as agencies cope with budget constraints, the latter being a constant theme of a July 12 House Homeland Security subcommittee border and
DHS to unveil southwest border counternarcotics strategy
Obama administration officials including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano are set to unveil July 7 a southwest border counternarcotics strategy against a backdrop of the Nogales Border
Illegal immigrant population down from peak
A Mexican male between 25 and 34 years of age--but possibly a decade older--residing in California or Texas is the profile of the most common illegal immigrant to the United States, according to a
