Department of Homeland Security

Visit the U.S. Department of Homeland Security homepage at: www.dhs.gov

Agencies within DHS

• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
  Responsible for identifying and shutting down vulnerabilities in the nation's border, economic, transportation and infrastructure security.
   
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS)
  Responsible for the administration of immigration and naturalization adjudication functions and establishing immigration service polices and priorities.
   
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
  As the single unified border agency of the United States, the CBP mission is vitally important to the protection of America and the American people.
   
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
  Protects the Nation's transportation systems to ensure freedom of movement for people and commerce.
   
• U.S. Secret Service (USSS)
  Protects the President and Vice President, their families, heads of state, and other designated individuals; investigates threats against these protectees; protects the White House, Vice President's Residence, Foreign Missions, and other buildings within Washington, D.C.; and plans and implements security designs for designated National Special Security Events.