The United States Department of Homeland Security, DHS, is a Cabinet department of the United States federal government.
All three of the principal agencies concerned with U.S. immigration are part of the Department of Homeland Security. On March 1, 2003, the Department of Homeland Security absorbed the Immigration and Naturalization Service and assumed its duties. In doing so, it divided the enforcement and service functions into two separate and new agencies: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Additionally, the border enforcement functions of the INS, the U.S. Customs Service, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service were consolidated into a new agency under DHS: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
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The primary responsibility of the Department of Homeland Security is to protect the United States from terrorist threats as well as from natural disasters.
Department of Homeland Security divided into the following sub-topics:
- General Information
- News
- Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
- Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
DHS – General Information
- Web Site
- Immigration Data and Statistics
- E-Verify Program
- Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (TRIP)
- Social Media at the Department of Homeland Security
News
- Senate Dismisses Impeachment Charges Against Mayorkas Without a Trial (4-17-24)
- House Republicans Impeach Mayorkas Over Border Policies (2-13-24)
- U.S. Government Announces Sweeping New Actions to Manage Regional Migration (4-27-23)
- DHS Publishes Fair and Humane Public Charge Rule (9-08-22)
- Department of Homeland Security Will Suspend Most Deportations for 100 Days (1-22-21)
- Biden Nominates Cuban-Born Attorney to be Next DHS Secretary (11-23-20)
- GAO finds Chad Wolf, Ken Cuccinelli are ineligible for top DHS roles (8-14-20)
- Acting DHS chief Chad Wolf says DACA will continue following Supreme Court ruling (6-21-20)
- What John Kelly Could Really Do at DHS (12-08-16)
- USCIS Ombudsman Sixth Annual Conference Announced (11-14-16)
- Asylum seekers bring lawsuit against Department of Homeland Security (7-01-16)
- Final Rule Improving and Expanding OPT for F-1 Students (3-09-16)
- Temporary Protected Status Designation for Nepal (6-24-15)
- New Family Detention Policies Announced by Secretary Jeh Johnson (6-24-15)
- DHS Releases Resource Guide on Combating Violence Against Women (5-1-15)
- Fixing Our Broken Immigration System Through Executive Action – Key Facts (11-20-14)
- DHS to Implement Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program (10-17-14)
- President Obama Orders Review of Deportations (3-13-14)
- Chile’s Designation into the Visa Waiver Program (2-28-14)
- OIG Controversial Report on EB-5 Regional Center Program (December 2013)
- Immigration Enforcement Actions: 2012 (December 2013)
- Alejandro Mayorkas Confirmed (12-20-13)
- Statement by the President on the Confirmation of Jeh Johnson as Secretary of Homeland Security (12-16-13)
- OIG: Implementation of L-1 Visa Regulations (August 2013)
- DHS Issues Guidance on Same-Sex Marriages (July 2013)
- Obama Moves to Fill Sub-Cabinet Openings: Mayorkas to be DHS Deputy Secretary (6-28-13)
- DHS Announces Taiwan’s Designation into the Visa Waiver Program (10-2-12)
- Memorandum of Agreement between DHS and EOIR regarding Information Sharing on Immigration Cases (October 2012)
- 2011 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics (September 2012)
- Immigration Enforcement Actions: 2011 (September 2012)
- DHS Frequently Asked Questions on Deferred Action Pursuant to June 15, 2012 Memorandum
- Memorandum Granting Deferred Action and Employment Authorization to Qualified DREAMers (6-15-12)
- Reforms to Attract and Retain Highly Skilled Immigrants (1-31-12)
- Statement Granting TPS to Haitians (1-15-10)
- Secretary Janet Napolitano Endorses Immigration Reform (11-13-09)
- Fact Sheet: Improving Border Security and Immigration Within Existing Law (8-10-07)
- An Assessment of the Proposal to Merge CBP with ICE (November 2005)
- Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (1-17-07)
- A Review of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Alien Security Checks – Office of the Inspector General November 2005
- U.S. VISIT Fact Sheet (10-28-03)
- Remarks by Under Secretary Asa Hutchinson on the Launch of the US-VISIT Program (5-19-03)
- Homeland Security Act of 2002
- Remarks by the President in signing the Homeland Security Act of 2002
- Summary of the Homeland Security Law’s Immigration Provisions (AILA)
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Immigration Attorney Carl Shusterman has 40+ years of experience. He served as an attorney for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) from 1976 until 1982, when he entered private practice. He has testified as an expert witness before the US Senate Immigration Subcommittee. Carl was featured in SuperLawyers Magazine. Today, he serves as Of Counsel to JR Immigration Law Firm.