[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E18]
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                   IN RECOGNITION OF MARK A. SHAFFER

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                          HON. JENNIFER WEXTON

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 10, 2022

  Ms. WEXTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mark A. Shaffer, 
Unit Chief of Human Rights Violators and War Crimes, Homeland Security 
Investigations. Mr. Shaffer retired from his post with the Department 
of Homeland Security on December 31, 2021, after 30 years of federal 
service.
  The Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Unit (HRVWCU) is dedicated 
to identifying persons involved in the commission of atrocities 
throughout the world, preventing them from entering the United States 
and if located within the jurisdiction of the United States, work with 
HSI field offices to investigate, prosecute and remove them from the 
United States.
  As the HRVWCU Chief, Mark oversees ICE's Human Rights Violators and 
War Crimes Center, an HSI-led multi-agency effort to ensure those 
individuals and organizations responsible for the commission of human 
rights violations and war crimes are held accountable.
  Prior to joining the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Unit, Mark 
served as the Chief of HSI's Worksite Enforcement Unit and as a 
Domestic Operations Chief at HSI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Prior 
to his service at HSI Headquarters, Mark served as the ICE Attache in 
Mexico City and as the ICE Deputy Attache in Bogota, Colombia.
  As a field Special Agent and Supervisor, Mark conducted a wide 
variety of criminal investigations in the areas of terrorism, gangs, 
fraud, narcotics, financial and worksite investigations. Mark began his 
federal career as a staffer for a California U.S. Senator and then as 
an agent with the Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1993. Over 
the last 30 years, he has served the agency in various capacities.
  Mark is a graduate of the University of California at Davis. He and 
his wife Kristen have two children, daughter Sofia, and son Jean-
Claude.
  I would ask my colleagues to join me in thanking Mark for his service 
to our country and wishing him all the best in life's next chapter.

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