The question that has been asked; given the amount of money spent on homeland security programs and practices, how should the United States measure the effectiveness of this spending? This question has been answered time and time again by the different agencies that fall underneath the department of Homeland Security. Since the creation of this department, in the shadow of the 9-11 attacks by the Al Qaida terrorist group in the United States, The Department of Homeland Security has stopped numerous attacks from occurring, seized countless amounts of contraband (drugs, weapons, forged currency, illegal good and persons) from violating the sovereignty of the United States and therefore protecting the people of this nation and the national …show more content…
These are the people who regularly interact with the public, who are responsible for public safety and security, who own and operate our nation’s critical infrastructures and services, who perform research and develop technology, and who keep watch, prepare for, and respond to emerging threats and disasters” (Homeland Security). There are five core missions that DHS preforms;
1. Prevent terrorism (attacks, operations and recruiting) and enhancing security; protecting the American people and way of life from all terrorist attacks is the founding principle that DHS was founded upon and it is considered their highest priority. DHS has a counterterrorism program that is responsible for three objectives;
a. Prevent any terrorist attacks on the United States or its territories
b. Prevent any illegal or unauthorized implementation, acquisition, transportation of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear materials (CBRN) in or out of the United States
c. Decrease the vulnerability of all critical structure, key resources, vital leadership and all major events that could be targeted by terrorist group.
2. Secure and manage the U.S. border; DHS ensures U.S. solvency by controlling and monitoring all borders (land, air and sea) to prevent illegal activity that could interfere with the lawful travel and
September 11, 2001, the worst terrorist attack on US soil to date, killing thousands of people, rocketed the nation. This led to formation of the Department of Homeland Security. While the department of Homeland Security has many responsibilities, one of its primary roles is preventing acts of terrorism like the 9/11 attacks. Terrorism is a broad subject matter, it can be hard to fully cover it. The Department of Homeland securities’ terrorism prevention plan attempt s to do this by breaking down into nine main components. The nine main components of homeland securities' terrorism prevention plan are Biological security, Chemical security, Nuclear Security, explosives, Countering Violent Extremism, Secure Driver's Licenses, The
Q: Identify the three major factors that will arise as the DHS progresses in asserting itself as an effective federal department focused on protecting the United States from all hazards. What other issues may the DHS need to address in the future? A: The Department of Homeland Security National Strategic Plan was created to outline the department’s missions, goals, and visions from the years of 2012-2016. There are five missions that DHS (Department of Homeland Security) is prioritizing in the national strategic plan.
The United States Department of Homeland Security also known as the DHS is a federal agency designed to protect the United States against threats. Its responsible for keeping and ensuring the safety and security of the nation from terrorist attacks and other disasters. The DHS has three independent branches consisting of the United states citizenship and immigration services which are to advance national security, to wipe out migration case overabundances, and to enhance client administrations.There is also the Federal Emergency Management Agency also knows as FEMA is to facilitate the reaction to a calamity that has happened in the United States and that overpowers the assets of neighborhood and state experts. The legislative head of the state
In response to what marked the United States forever, the September 11 attacks, the federal government procreated what is known as The Department of Homeland Security. The main responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security consisted of having to protect the territory of the United States and protectorates from and responding to terrorist attacks, man-made accidents, and natural disasters. In another words, the existence of the Department of Homeland Security is to ensure a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards. Though many different government agencies see and define Homeland Security accordingly to their protocol, the National Strategy for the Department of Homeland Security was able to
DHS's primary tasks are to foster the sharing of foreign and domestic intelligence information between federal, state, and local intelligence and law enforcement agencies and improve border security. This has important implications in terms of personal privacy.
DHS has a specific purpose, and mission. The vision of homeland security is to ensure a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards. Three key concepts form the foundation of our national homeland security strategy designed to achieve this vision: Security, Resilience, and Customs and Exchange.
President George W. Bush issued his Executive Order (13228) on October 8, 2001 to create the Department of Homeland Security. This department was formed by integrating and unifying twenty-two Federal agencies from nine departments; Justice, state, agriculture, commerce, defense, energy, human service, health, transportation, treasury. They also teamed with the United States Coast Guard (USCG), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Secret Service (USSS), Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), and Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Primarily the DHS works to safeguard the country against terrorism; foreign and domestic. This entails all twenty-two Federal agencies working together to combat future threats before they
The Homeland Security Division was formed in the wake of terrorist attacks and implemented by President Bush after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. This policy was formed to place a national policy into place for Federal departments and local agencies to identify and protect the United States from additional terrorist attacks. What many don’t know is that this plan defines orders and roles for local state and governmental agencies as well, in order to carry out the goal. I will explain how six sub-groups come together to form the Department of Homeland Security’s one enterprise operation.
“The struggle against international terrorism is different from any other war in our history. We will not triumph solely or even primarily through military might.” (National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, 2003) And so to combat this in the post 9/11 time, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was born. And as we have seen in the past event, DHS is needed more today than ever. But DHS was born out of not only necessity but also function.
The United States of America experienced the greatest, and arguably the most significant, restructure of both governmental and legal proportions in its contemporary history. Following the suddenness of the attacks, the United States was desperate to ensure that an onslaught of a similar stature was subdued. Henceforth, the Homeland Security Act of 2002 was established, bringing into existence the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a department specifically concerned with internal issues faced by the USA. Primarily made as a direct response to the 9/11 attacks, the role of the DHS is to protect the United States of America and its given states and territories from danger; specifically, terrorist attacks, man-made accidents, and natural disasters; this is commonly seen in airports in the form of Customs and Border Control which are two functions of the DHS, following its subsequent take over of the IHS (Immigration and Naturalisation Services) in 2003. In the same movement for security, the *USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 was legislated in an attempt to “detect and prosecute terrorism and other crimes”
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) covers a variety of topics including: academic engagement, border security, citizenship and immigration services, civil rights and civil liberties, cybersecurity, disasters, economic security, homeland security enterprise, human trafficking, immigration enforcement, international engagement, working with law enforcement, preventing terrorism, and transportation security (Homeland Security, g). DHS works with all law enforcement partners at federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial levels. In these partnerships, communication and information sharing are a focus as well as have better resources and support (i.e. grants and training), and improve analytic capabilities to address threats (Homeland Security, f).
On September 21st, 2001 only eleven days after 911, a day that will go down in infamy because of the terrorist attacks on the twin towers, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge was appointed as the first Director of the Office of Homeland Security. The nation fell to pieces after this horrible attack. Just shy of 3,000 people lost their lives, and thousands of families lost loved ones. Never before had the United States lived in such fear and uncertainty. Something needed to be done, and it had to happen quickly.With the creation of the Department of Homeland Security our borders, and even our cyberspace is safer. We, as citizens of the United States of America, can worry less about terroristic threats on our lives. Homeland Security has
The first objective of this mission to combat terrorism is to collect and analyze intelligence and to share intelligence with local, state, and federal agencies. It is critical that the department shares intelligence with all agencies so everyone can do their part to help stop terrorists. Another objective is to deter terrorist operations or counteract any acts of terrorism. The next objective would be to protect potential targets that terrorists may have in mind to attack. Also, stopping violent extremists within America is critical to preventing domestic terrorism. Last but not least of the objectives is to make communities aware of terrorism and to “say something” if they see anything suspicious. All of these objectives play a critical responsibility to combat terrorism and prevent any future attacks.
There are three key concepts which form the foundation of Homeland Security which are: security, resilience, customs and exchange. In turn, these key concepts drive broad areas of activity that the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) process defines as homeland security missions. These missions are enterprise-wide, and not limited to the Department of Homeland Security (Department of Homeland Security, 2016). DHS will prepare its efforts to prevent any terrorist attacks and reduce the America’s liability to terrorism, when damages and recovery are at a minimum. The difference between the two is that DoD has missile defenses and provides support to civil
The Department of homeland Security (DHS) is a body responsible for maintaining the security and safety of the United States from attack by terrorists and other possible disasters. DHS was created after the attack by terrorists on 11th September 2001 and it has immensely focused on federal preparations of dealing with terrorism while at the same time trying to manage other important duty which includes ensuring security of the borders and taking part in customs and emergency management practices. Even with all these it is doing, the department has not escaped from accusation for having a fixation on terrorism which has resulted in substantial criticism and controversy, which also contains accusations of violating civil liberties (Perl 2004).