Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Homeland Security
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n.
A department of the U.S. Cabinet that is charged with protecting U.S. territory from natural and man-made hazards, including terrorist attacks.
abbrv.
DHS
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.
Amy Hackney Blackwell.
2008.
- Department of Homeland Security
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A government agency created in 2003 to handle immigration and other security-related matters. Within DHS's immigration responsibilities, it oversees U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (
USCIS, which replaced the former Immigration and Naturalzation Service or INS) as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (
ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (
CBP).
Category: Immigration → How to Get a Green Card
Category: Immigration → Visas & Visiting the United States
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.
Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill.
2009.
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