United States Department of Homeland Security

The Strategy Hierarchy and Homeland Security The concept of homeland security can be described as a collective interaction and marshalling of resources involving a various agencies at the federal, state, and local levels to protect U.S. borders and the mainland from threats posed by state actors, non-state actors, and other malicious entities. Additional threats homeland security must contend with include those that are biological origin such as highly pathogenic viruses as well as natural…

Protected Status (TPS) extended to some 50,000 Haitians living in the United States will expire and unless extended most of them will be deported to an uncertain future in a country still dealing with the aftermath of natural disasters. After the devastating earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince on January 12, 2010, the Obama administration granted Temporary Protected Status to Haitian immigrants who were already in the United States. This protected status protects them from deportation. The…

Topic 1: What are the capabilities and limitations of intelligence in supporting homeland security efforts? This paper will examine the capabilities and limitations of homeland securities intelligence community. The intelligence community (IC) consist of local law enforcement, federal organizations, and other organizations that strive to investigate and monitor activities that pose a threat towards the United States and their own communities. Local law enforcement or Intelligence-led policing…

can be challenging in many ways to complete. There is also only a limited number of T Visa’s given per year, therefore not all victims are guaranteed to receive one (Department of Homeland Security, 2014). Social Policy Critique The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 was signed into law on October 28, 2000 by President Bill Clinton in an effort to fight against trafficking in persons, of all types; forced enslavement and slavery, the sex trade,. The act is in place to assist…

new and improved security, engaged in war and we, as a nation, have had, and still have to mentally and emotionally recover due to these events. September 11th impacted America nationally, economically,…

origin, (c) protection of American labor” (Laque, 2010, p. 5). When the federal government took over immigration in 1891 the Office of Superintendent of Immigration was part of the Treasury Department (Our history, 2011). Through the years the Office of Superintendent became the Bureau of Immigration under Department of Commerce and Labor in 1903, then Naturalization Service in 1906 (Our history, 2011). In subsequent years it bounced from agency to agency, ultimately being…

After 9/11 airport security was the biggest issue concerning security. Since Septermber 11th several security procedure have been implemented. One of those are Secure Flight. Secure is a passenger prescreening program. The program was design to identify high and low risk beform they arrice at the airport.. It identifies passengers on the no fly list. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Do Not Board List from boarding an aircraft.. Some of the precedures include, shoes must be removed…

partnership with them to ensure their safety and well being of the sources they provide to the United States. Most private owners hired private security agencies while others used private security agencies. Private security agencies protect and ensure the safety of the facilities they are assigned to including the worker and customer of that facility. Public law enforcement agencies work with private security companies by assisting them detaining and processing violators. Public-private…

In the article “Airport Screener Could See X-rated X-rays” the problem is the government making airport security change to full body scan imaging on monitors. The body scanners are a very controversial topic,l because it takes the privacy away from people by their bodies being exploited by security. For many people the new monitors are unjustifiable, but people have to choose whether they want safety or privacy. The main points of this “Airport Screener Could See X-rated X-rays” article is…

Reserve vs. National Guard for Homeland Security and US Border Protection The recent increase in over 60, 000 unaccompanied children flooding across our southern borders, coupled with the United States inability to stop the smugglers from bring them across, points to some critical weaknesses in our Homeland Security protection. Before terrorist can exploit these weaknesses, America has to find a way to fill the gap. One possible solution to fix these gaps in our security is to use the Army…