The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security,roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries. Its stated missions involve anti-terrorism,border security,immigration and customs,cyber security,and disaster prevention and management.
The National Security Entry-Exit Registration System(NSEERS) or INS Special Registration was a system for registering certain non-citizens within the United States,initiated in September 2002 as part of the War on Terrorism. Portions were suspended as of April 27,2011,and the entirety of the regulation was removed on December 23,2016.
The United States secretary of homeland security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security,the federal department tasked with ensuring public safety in the United States. The secretary is a member of the Cabinet of the United States. The position was created by the Homeland Security Act following the attacks of September 11,2001.
Stewart Abercrombie Baker was the first Assistant Secretary for Policy at the United States Department of Homeland Security under the Presidency of George W. Bush.
Section 287(g) of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to deputize selected state and local law enforcement officers to enforce federal immigration law. Section 287(g) allows the DHS and law enforcement agencies to make agreements,which require the state and local officers to receive training and work under the supervision of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE provides the officers with authorization to identify,process,and—when appropriate—detain immigration offenders they encounter during their regular,daily law-enforcement activity.
Matthew Glen Olsen is an American attorney who has served as the Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division since 2021. He is the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
Kenneth Leonard Wainstein is an American lawyer. He served as the first Assistant Attorney General for National Security,and later as the Homeland Security Advisor to United States President George W. Bush. In 2022 under the Biden administration,he was appointed Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis.
Samuel Robert Bagenstos is an American attorney and academic who is the General Counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. From January 2021 until June 2022,he served as the general counsel for the Office of Management and Budget. He is a former law professor at the University of Michigan,a job he returned to after serving for two years as the principal deputy assistant attorney general in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division under Attorney General Eric Holder and Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez.
The Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse is a website that serves as a searchable resource for information and documents relating to civil rights litigation. The Clearinghouse was founded by law professor Margo Schlanger in 2005,at Washington University in St. Louis,and moved in 2009 to the University of Michigan.
Francis Xavier Taylor was the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS),nominated by President Obama in 2014. In that role,he provided the Secretary,DHS senior leadership,the DHS components,and state,local,tribal and private sector partners with homeland security intelligence and information they need to keep the country safe,secure and resilient. DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis is a member of,and the Department’s liaison to,the U.S. Intelligence Community.
Alejandro Nicolas Mayorkas is an American attorney and government official who is the 7th United States Secretary of Homeland Security,serving since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Mayorkas previously served as director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services from 2009 to 2013,and the 6th Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2016.
The Traveler Redress Inquiry Program is a program managed by the Department of Homeland Security in the United States that allows people who face security-related troubles traveling by air,receive excessive security scrutiny,or are denied entry to the United States,to file their grievances with and seek redress from the DHS.
Expedited removal is a process related to immigration enforcement in the United States where an alien is denied entry to and/or physically removed from the country,without going through the normal removal proceedings. The legal authority for expedited removal allows for its use against most unauthorized entrants who have been in the United States for less than two years. Its rollout so far has been restricted to people seeking admission and those who have been in the United States for 14 days or less,and excludes first-time violators from Mexico and Canada.
Cameron Quinn is an American lawyer,professor,and government official. She was appointed by President Donald Trump as Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the United States Department of Homeland Security and took office on September 20,2017. Quinn previously served in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Agriculture,as a senior policy advisor in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice,as counsel to the Chairman of the United States Merit Systems Protection Board,and as an assistant attorney general for the Commonwealth of Virginia. She has also served on the Virginia State advisory committee for the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
Ur Mendoza Jaddou is an American attorney who is the current director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security.
Robert Peter Silvers is an American lawyer and government official who has served as the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Strategy,Policy,and Plans since 2021.
Jonathan Eugene Meyer is an American lawyer and government official who has served as the sixth general counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security since 2021.
The Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) was an advisory board of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS),announced on April 27,2022. The board's stated function was to protect national security by disseminating guidance to DHS agencies on combating misinformation,malinformation,and disinformation that threatens the security of the homeland. Specific problem areas mentioned by the DHS included false information propagated by human smugglers encouraging migrants to surge to the Mexico–United States border,as well as Russian-state disinformation on election interference and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia is an American lawyer serving as the officer for civil rights and civil liberties of the United States Department of Homeland Security since 2023. She is an associate dean for diversity,equity,and inclusion,the Samuel Weiss Faculty Scholar,and a clinical professor of law at Penn State Law.
