Meaning | The federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security. |
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Synonym | Homeland Security |
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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 |
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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 |
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Spanish | Homeland Security |
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Catalan | Departament de Seguretat Nacional |
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