The United States depends on a secure Southwest border in order to ensure the safety of its citizens and those of Mexico, facilitate legal trade and transit, support lawful immigration and prevent illegal smuggling of guns, drugs, money, and people. This fact sheet explains how the Department of Homeland Security continues to meet recent increases of cartel violence in Mexico with strong action and solidified coordination with federal, state, local, tribal and Mexican authorities.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute will travel to Buffalo, N.Y., and Ottawa, Canada, on April 15-16 to tour northern border operations, talk with state and local law enforcement and hold conversations with Canadian officials.

Statement from U.S. Department of Homeland Security Press Secretary Sara Kuban on April 14, 2009 on Secretary Napolitano's upcoming trip to the southwest border and Mexico.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to travel to the southwest border on Wednesday to survey border operations in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona and coordinate with state and local law enforcement officials as part of a major effort to disrupt illegal arms and cash smuggling, and to curtail illegal immigration.

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Los Angeles on Monday, April 13, to meet U.S. Representatives Jane Harman, Laura Richardson and Maxine Waters, talk with state and local officials, and tour air and sea ports of entry.

Remarks by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano on the announcement of $100 Million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program on April 9, 2009.

Remarks by Secretary Napolitano on Final Preparedness Grant Allocations for FY 2009, given April 9, 2009 at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

Secretary Napolitano announced that the Gulf Coast Recovery Office will be dissolved as part of her ongoing effort to improve and streamline Gulf Coast recovery efforts. The Louisiana Transitional Recovery Office will assume operations.

Statement from U.S. Department of Homeland Security Press Secretary Sara Kuban on April 9, 2009 on Deputy Secretary Lute's upcoming trip to New York and Canada.