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DHS Announces Expanded Border Control Plans On Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson announced plans to expand control of U.S. borders through increased use of immigration laws to combat illegal entry while facilitating travel for legitimate Mexican visitors. “We want to send a clear message that those individuals who follow legal immigration procedures will benefit while those who choose to break our nation’s immigration laws will be promptly removed from the U.S.,” said Hutchinson. [View press release]

A New Weapon in the Battle to Make a Convention Secure (New York Times) “The United States has a new weapon in its effort to prevent terrorist attacks in New York City during the Republican National Convention: a piece of sonar equipment that will scan underwater piers, hulls and seawalls in New York Harbor for suspicious activity,” reports the New York Times. “… The most important feature of the device is the three-dimensional image it returns.” [View article]

FDA Approves Drugs to Treat Radiation Contamination (Medical News Today) The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday “announced the approval of two drugs, pentetate calcium trisodium injection (Ca-DTPA) and pentetate zinc trisodium injection (Zn-DTPA) for treating certain kinds of radiation contamination,” reports Medical News Today. “The FDA is approving these two drugs as part of its ongoing effort to provide the American public [with] the best available protection against nuclear accidents and terrorist threats.” [View article]

Antidotes Help States Prepare for Chemical Attacks (Omaha [NE] World-Herald) “States and cities are beginning to receive long-awaited federal shipments of antidotes against chemical weapons as part of a program that aims to have stocks in every state within two years,” reports the Associated Press. “… Nor are the packs reserved for terrorist attacks only. The same antidotes would be useful in a major factory accident or train wreck that spills hazardous chemicals,” said James Bentley, the American Hospital Association’s disaster-readiness chief. [View article]

Toledo Firefighters’ Gear to Aid in Attack (TV-13 ABC, Toledo, OH) “Toledo firefighters are getting a layer of protection that will help keep them safe if there’s a chemical or biological terrorist attack,” reports TV-13. “This is a great example of federal Homeland Security dollars being spent here on the local level.” [View article]

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