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DHS tracking reports of potential truck convoy in America amid Canada trucker protests
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The Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) is aiming to get forward of a deliberate demonstration in America, “monitoring stories of a possible convoy” amid a number of Canadian truck protests in opposition to COVID mandates.
The company “is monitoring stories of a possible convoy which may be planning to journey to a number of U.S. cities,” a DHS spokesperson stated in a press release to Fox Information Wednesday.
The division has “not noticed particular requires violence inside the USA related to this convoy, and (is) working carefully with our federal, state and native companions to constantly assess the menace atmosphere and hold our communities protected.”
A Homeland Safety car late within the day in Decrease Manhattan.
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“DHS will proceed to share well timed and actionable data with the general public,” the spokesperson added.
A report by Yahoo Information stated the company is warning U.S. regulation enforcement and public security officers {that a} trucker convoy protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates, just like these going down in Canada, may start Feb. 13, the identical day Tremendous Bowl LVI is performed in Los Angeles.
The warning, in accordance with sure senior regulation enforcement officers and paperwork obtained by the outlet, revealed that “the convoy may severely disrupt transportation, federal authorities and regulation enforcement operations by gridlock and potential counterprotests” as truckers make their approach throughout the USA.
Vans sit parked on Wellington Avenue close to the Parliament Buildings as truckers and their supporters participate in a convoy to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates for cross-border truck drivers in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 29, 2022.
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DHS has labored for greater than a yr with regulation enforcement companions to offer 500 people from throughout the division to help safety measures on the Tremendous Bowl, in accordance with a U.S. official.
Protesters stroll with luggage previous vans parked on downtown streets on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Ottawa, Ontario. Hundreds of protesters railing in opposition to vaccine mandates and different COVID-19 restrictions descended on the capital, intentionally blocking site visitors round Parliament Hill.
(Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Information of a possible American protest comes on the thirteenth day of the Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa, the place truck drivers are advocating for an finish to the federal government’s vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has demanded that the protests finish.
Ottawa Police have issued greater than 1,300 tickets for the reason that starting of the occupation.
Fox Information’ Lisa Bennatan contributed to this text.
