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DHS weekly message credits border gains, reopens VOICE and highlights drug seizures, child reunifications and cyber threats
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Summary
An unidentified Department of Homeland Security official said the agency marked 100 days into President Donald Trump’s term, touted border-security results, said the Victims of Immigration Crime Office (VOICE) was reopened, and cited major drug seizures and cybersecurity work focused on threat actors including Volt Typhoon.
An unidentified Department of Homeland Security official said in a weekly message that the department marked 100 days into President Donald Trump’s term and credited the administration with recent border-security and enforcement outcomes.
The official said DHS had “achieved the most secure border in American history,” reported that the agency reopened the Victims of Immigration Crime Office (VOICE) and described law-enforcement operations that seized what the statement called “hundreds of thousands of pounds” of illicit drugs, including fentanyl. The message said nearly 5,000 unaccompanied children had been reunited with a relative or guardian and that “over 1,000 terrorists have been located, arrested, and deported.” The official also said daily encounters at the border had “plunged by 95%.” These figures were reported by the department in the message and are presented here as DHS’s claims.
Why it matters: DHS framed these developments as evidence that the administration’s border and enforcement priorities are producing large-scale results, and it combined those claims with a cybersecurity agenda. That combination signals the department’s public priorities for enforcement and infrastructure protection in the near term.
The message said Secretary Noem visited the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, to “reaffirm that under this administration, DHS will empower our law enforcement to do their jobs effectively.” It said the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection were responsible for the drug seizures reported.
On cybersecurity, the official said Secretary Noem addressed technology-industry leaders at the RSA Cybersecurity Conference in San Francisco and emphasized public-private partnerships to counter cyber espionage campaigns, naming threat actors described in the message as “Salt Typhoon” and “Volt Typhoon.” The statement said, "Cybersecurity is national security, and DHS is leading the charge to keep our digital infrastructure secure."
The message repeatedly framed the reported results as accomplishments of the administration and DHS operations. The department’s statement closed with a general pledge that DHS will continue to protect the homeland “by air, land, sea, or cyberspace.” The message did not include supporting documents or independent data in the remarks; the numbers and characterizations above are those asserted in the department’s weekly statement.
No formal actions, votes or policy changes were announced in the message. The remarks were presented as a summary of departmental activities and priorities rather than a record of new rules or formal decisions.
