{"id":2003835,"date":"2023-08-17T15:01:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T19:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-moves-to-dhs-headquarters-with-expanded-300m-dc-makeover\/"},"modified":"2023-08-17T15:03:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T19:03:16","slug":"ice-moves-to-dhs-headquarters-with-expanded-300m-dc-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-moves-to-dhs-headquarters-with-expanded-300m-dc-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE relocates to DHS HQ, undergoes $300M DC expansion."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fice-moves-to-dhs-headquarters-with-expanded-300m-dc-makeover%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2003835&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Biden Administration&#8217;s $300 Million \u2064Revamp of DHS Headquarters<\/h2>\n<p>The\u200d Biden administration is set\u200d to\u200c make\u200d a significant investment in revamping \u2063the Department of Homeland \u2064Security&#8217;s headquarters in Washington. With funding from the Inflation Reduction Act, the DHS and General Services Administration have announced three major additions to the department&#8217;s headquarters, aiming to\u2062 benefit its 260,000 employees and taxpayers alike.<\/p>\n<h3>Improving\u2064 Sustainability \u200dand Efficiency<\/h3>\n<p>GSA Administrator Robin \u200cCarnahan emphasized\u2064 the importance \u200cof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-moves-to-dhs-headquarters-with-expanded-300m-dc-makeover\/\" title=\"ICE relocates to DHS HQ, undergoes 0M DC expansion.\">sustainable building practices<\/a> in achieving\u2064 the DHS&#8217;s mission. \u200b&#8221;We\u2063 are not wasting any time,&#8221; she stated. &#8220;Groundbreaking is going to be happening\u2064 on all of these projects \u200dnext year in 2024.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Relocating and Expanding<\/h3>\n<p>As\u200b part of the\u200b revamp, DHS&#8217;s Immigration and Customs\u2064 Enforcement will\u200b move from its current office near the National Mall to the department&#8217;s main campus across the Anacostia River. This move signifies that the embattled immigration agency will remain intact,\u2063 despite calls for its abolition from liberal lawmakers and activists.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b Cybersecurity and \u2062Infrastructure Security Agency will also\u2064 relocate from its\u200b headquarters\u2062 in northern Virginia to the DHS campus.<\/p>\n<h3>Enhancing Facilities and Capacity<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to the\u200d relocations, the government plans to\u200b construct a parking garage and \u200bsecurity checkpoints across the campus, \u200dwhich <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-warship-docks-a-stones-throw-from-us-mainland-shores\/\" title=\"Russian warship docks near US mainland.\">holds historical significance<\/a> as the\u200d former site of St. Elizabeths Hospital. These new projects will accommodate \u20626,500 DHS personnel, more than doubling \u200dthe current number of employees \u200dat St. Elizabeths.<\/p>\n<p>DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas expressed his enthusiasm for the expansion, stating,\u2064 &#8220;This is a\u200b win for the DHS workforce, for the capital region, and for our\u200d homeland security.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>A Long-Awaited Unification<\/h3>\n<p>The addition of\u2063 agency headquarters\u200b on the DHS property has\u200d been a \u2064long\u200d time coming. Since its establishment 20 years ago, the DHS has aimed\u2063 to bring multiple agencies together under one roof, consolidating offices scattered throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, these renovations will significantly reduce the carbon \u200bfootprint of the facilities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scalise-biden-didnt-run-as-the-most-far-left-big-government-socialist-in-u-s-history\/\" title=\"Scalise: Biden Didn't Run as 'the Most Far-Left Big Government Socialist' in U.S. History\">lower energy costs<\/a>, and result in substantial savings for the department.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this announcement reflects the fulfillment of lawmakers&#8217; intentions \u2063in the early 2000s \u200dto unite security efforts and create a single department overseeing all matters affecting the interior\u200b of\u200d the \u2062United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration plans to use $300 million from the Inflation Reduction Act to renovate the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s Washington headquarters. The DHS and General Services Administration revealed three significant expansions during a joint press conference, highlighting their advantages for the department&#8217;s 260,000 personnel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2003836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2003835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2003835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2003836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2003835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2003835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}