The department of homeland security has been tasked with various responsibilities that all consolidate to the main function of providing internal security to the nation. There is a need to always review whether investment and public faith given to the homeland security has been best utilized to understand whether the homeland security has been effective or whether there is need to improve in some of its core functions.
The role of always informing the public about their public safety is one of the core functions of the homeland security. A look at the official website page of the homeland security gives a picture of a department that takes this role seriously. The department has given various guidelines on how the citizens are supposed to
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This involves the homeland being in charge of all American borders and controlling the immigrants who may want to visit America for various reasons. The homeland security has adopted a strategy known as amnesty first which illegal migrants are first accorded amnesty before their cases are determined and a decision arrived at on whether they should be deported back to their countries or granted citizenship. This strategy has been bringing a lot of debate within the public and the experts too and its rationality questioned in discouraging illegal migrants (Guiora, 2008). This is because as it is, most migrants who have a prior knowledge that they can be allowed to gain entry to the country first, will be made …show more content…
First, it should start by empowering the local counties and federal states to deal with disaster preparedness. The federal states should be empowered because they are closer to the people and thus even their intelligence channels should be empowered. The homeland security must face the reality and realize that the amnesty first policy in its immigration sector has not restored any sanity to an already sane issue. The homeland security should try to have an honest, fair and reality-based approach to deal with influx of immigrants. This can be exemplified by the transnational crime that has been going on in Mexico and the effect these cartels have on the American citizens. Politics, especially from members of the Congress has been one of the main issues that have surrounded homeland security for long. The homeland security has to separate its mandate from politics and keep its priorities right. The allocations given to the homeland security should be shared to states based on their needs but not due to influence of politics (Farrow,
They should of delegated the work to the 22 other agencies and seen what worked best for the overall department. The pressure of the recent attack on the United States put the agency under the microscope of the nation because everyone was on high alert. The first issue was that the DHS was having problems with coordinating actions
The article “The Lessons of Civil Defense Federalism for the Homeland Security Era” by Patrick S. Roberts has a huge focus on civil defenders and how the Homeland Security has a role with them. The whole creation of the civil defense era was first established in the 1970s when World War II was happening. The civil defenders are mainly designed to help with safety procedures such as volunteering, working with both local and state organizations and having a role with both fire and flood safety to keep people safe from these emergencies. To add on this is that, the Civil Defenders plays an important part for natural disasters. The reason is that they were able to a lot for the Homeland Security so they can have the ability to be prepared and
Homeland security and other agencies can also push down information in the same manor. Relevant information to CBP gets sent down the chain and it is far more efficient with receiving information in a timely manner.
The CBP Border Patrol Agency was formed on May 28, 1924. Mounted watchmen of the U.S. Immigration service patrolled the border trying to prevent illegal from coming into the United States as early as 1904. They operated out of El Paso, Texas. They Patrolled all the way to West California trying to prevent illegal Chinese immigrants from entering the United States. They were called Mounted Watchmen of the U.S. Immigration Service before they changed their name to United States Border Patrol (USBP).
It all starts with the United States passing the Immigration Act of 1907, which was a law that “required all immigrants entering the United States to pass through an official port of entry, submit themselves to inspection, and receive official authorization to legally enter the United States” (Hernandez pg 1). The United States quickly became a nation severely divided over the issues of illegal immigration. In May of 1924 the border patrol was created to enforce immigration laws and restrictions by preventing illegal border crossings and policing the borderland regions. Despite many possible subjects or ‘suspects’ of illegal immigration, such as Asians, Europeans, and prostitutes, the U.S border patrol almost exclusively focused on Mexican immigrant workers. Then in the 1940s, the focus of the U.S border patrol shifted to the southern border.
(NPR, 2014, para. 13) This department has many responsibilities. One of these responsibilities is grouping the condition of threats in America. These acts made America safer.
So there is many ways the department of homeland security keeps us safe on a day to day basis. They also have a good business section that works with businesses to regulate certain policies and anti terrorism protection for businesses.they are very committed to enabling better utilization of departmental data to improve the quality of services to the American people, while developing products that promote innovation while maintaining
In addition, the amount of miles that are under 24 hour watch and staffing at points of entry would have to be included in the report to Congress as well. Number three, the offices of technology in both the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security would have to draft up reports to Congress showing their success when it comes to interagency collaboration (MPI
Chapter 11 Homeland Security Web Exercise 1. What are the primary missions of intelligence agencies? The primary mission of intelligence agencies is to collected information outside and inside the borders of the United States, by using people and technology. Intelligence is used to protect the community and the citizens from a horrific incident.
Department of Homeland Security: Gaps and Fixes The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had a colorful 14-year history. Many will say that the DHS has created a hulking bureaucracy and has placed or lumped together a great deal of departments that do not have any related functions. DHS currently suffers from a great deal of structural issues, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Transportation Safety Administration, and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement are in dire need of Presidential attention. Federal Emergency Management Agency Division of Responsibility
In my opinion a president should be expected to prepare, provide, and respond to all citizens/situations during a natural disaster. Disasters already leave citizens distressed so, we need someone who will respond to these situations as soon as they occur. In my opinion a president is obligated to not only protect the country, but to also to seek help to all citizens in need. In the II Article of the Constitution it is said that the president is commander and chief of the armed forces and, with the consent of the Senate, appoints judges and other federal officers and makes treaties of other nations (Heritage 1). Therefore, the president has the power to seek help for these citizens and should.
In June 2003, there is an establishment of a Department of Homeland Security, as an official branch of the United States within the significance of title 5, United States Code as per (FEMA, 2005). The President of United States of America proposes to make another Department of Homeland Security, the most huge change of the U.S. government in over half-century by, all things considered, changing and realigning the current frustrating interlaced of government activities into a singular office whose key mission is to the full surety of our country which brought along the conception of Secretary Chertoff's Six Point Agenda. The foundation of a Department of Homeland Security is one more key step in the President's national method for nation the
The American government should be restrained by the law of the land in order to protect Americans civil liberties. When talking about ensuring our safety and security, we must ask ourselves, at what cost and where do we draw the line? Certainly called the most important
For example, if there is an elevated risk of a threat, then police will be deployed appropriately to that specific area to prevent an attack or crime (Cordner, 2016). Some locations are permanently designated as a high-risk area such as certain infrastructures deemed to be critical to national security such as U.S. ports (Cordner, 2016). After the 9/11 attacks the U.S. Coast Guard had tactical teams, which conducted boarding’s of foreign flag commercial ships before entering certain ports such as the Houston Shipping channel in Texas. This demonstrates how prevention and protection worked together. Also, there are private security organizations that have primary roles in protection so the burden does not solely fall on law enforcement (Cordner,
Jonathan R. Badillo Dr. Pierre Kleffe LGLA 1372: National Security Law December 11, 2015 Should the U.S. military be used for border security to help prevent illegal immigration? The Department of Homeland Security has the responsibility to prevent the entry of terrorist, secure the borders, and conducting immigration enforcement tasks. United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for the security in the borders of the United States.