homeland_security (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Homeland Security*:
NOUN	group	Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security	the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security

English > *Homeland Security*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	The federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security.
Synonym	Department of Homeland Security
Parts	Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA	An independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities
	Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, FLETC	A center in the Department of that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies
	Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS	An agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States
	United States Secret Service, US Secret Service, USSS, Secret Service, SS	The United States intelligence agency that protects current and former presidents and vice presidents and their immediate families and protects distinguished foreign visitors
Broader	executive department	A federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
Spanish	Homeland Security
Catalan	Departament de Seguretat Nacional

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