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ICE highlights HSI task forces, DOD partnerships and Fort Bliss repatriation operations
Summary
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told the committee that Homeland Security Investigations and newly established homeland security task forces are central to combating transnational criminal organizations, and described Defense Department partnerships to support repatriation flights and use of military installations such as Fort Bliss.
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security on May 14 that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), interagency task forces and Department of Defense partnerships are central to disrupting transnational criminal organizations and supporting large‑scale repatriations.
Lyons said HSI focuses on threats outside U.S. borders — including forced labor, IP theft, trans‑shipment schemes and narcotics flows tied to the People’s Republic of…
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