In looking back on this two-decade record, it is absolutely clear that it was the right decision to create DHS. Some have argued for dismantling DHS and scattering its component agencies back to other federal departments.
That would be a terrible mistake that would undermine our security when threats to our homeland are growing in lethality and diversity. If DHS did not exist today, Congress would undoubtedly create it.
More support is also needed at DHS to combat domestic terrorism threats, given the January 6 th attack on the U. Capitol and other lawless activities from the left and right extremes. And it is likely that novel threats and risks will emerge in the coming decade, driven by technological and societal changes, including bioterrorism stimulated by COVID DHS needs to evolve to counter them.
The FBI has the primary investigative role for terrorism, but DHS has important responsibilities for counterterrorism, including traveler screening and vetting, intelligence information-sharing, aviation security, critical infrastructure protection, and the prevention, protection and response to the use of weapons of mass destruction inside the U. The withdrawal of U. DHS leaders can also help by looking for ways to develop bipartisan consensus on the border and immigration mission of the Department.
These are all challenges that DHS can begin to tackle in its Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, which by law is due to be delivered to Congress by the end of this year. And there should be active Congressional oversight of DHS. Congress still needs to fix its own fragmented jurisdiction over DHS which ranges across more than one hundred committees and subcommittees.
When it comes to homeland security, Congress has been effective at reforming everyone except itself. DHS has faced criticism for much of its brief history. Many condemned its response to Hurricane Katrina in —despite having been founded, in part, to coordinate a government-wide disaster response, DHS reportedly did not develop such a plan until two days after Katrina made landfall.
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According to the Department of Homeland Security's official website, the department's mission is as follows:. Three key concepts form the foundation of our national homeland security strategy designed to achieve this vision:. 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. These missions and their associated goals and objectives tell us in detail what it means to prevent, to protect, to respond, and to recover, as well as to build in security, to ensure resilience, and to facilitate customs and exchange.
Hundreds of thousands of people from across the federal government, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, the private sector, and other nongovernmental organizations are responsible for executing these missions. These homeland security professionals must have a clear sense of what it takes to achieve the overarching vision articulated above. Click on the tiles below to read more about the Trump administration's specific policy proposals. Crime and justice Immigration Islamic State and terrorism Syrian refugees Technology, privacy, and cybersecurity.
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