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!Subordinate agency
!Subordinate agency
!Title of head or leader
!Title of head or leader
!Incumbent
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|[[DHS Management Directorate|Management Directorate]]
|[[DHS Management Directorate|Management Directorate]]
|Under Secretary
|Under Secretary
|[[Randolph Alles|Randolph D. "Tex" Alles]] (acting)
|-
|-
|[[DHS Science and Technology Directorate|Science and Technology Directorate]]
|[[DHS Science and Technology Directorate|Science and Technology Directorate]]
|Under Secretary
|Under Secretary
|[[Dimitri Kusnezov]]
|-
|-
|[[DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis|Office of Intelligence and Analysis]]
|[[DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis|Office of Intelligence and Analysis]]
|Under Secretary
|Under Secretary
|[[Kenneth L. Wainstein]]
|-
|-
|[[DHS Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans|Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans]]
|[[DHS Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans|Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans]]
|Under Secretary
|Under Secretary
|[[Robert P. Silvers]]
|-
|-
|[[Office of the General Counsel for the Department of Homeland Security|Office of the General Counsel]]
|[[Office of the General Counsel for the Department of Homeland Security|Office of the General Counsel]]
|General Counsel
|General Counsel
|[[Jonathan Meyer]]
|-
|-
|[[United States Citizenship and Immigration Services]]
|[[United States Citizenship and Immigration Services]]
|Director
|Director
|[[Ur Jaddou]]
|-
|-
|[[United States Coast Guard]]
|[[United States Coast Guard]]
|Commandant
|Commandant
|Admiral [[Linda L. Fagan]]
|-
|-
|[[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]]
|[[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]]
|Commissioner
|Commissioner
| [[Troy A. Miller]] (acting)
|-
|-
|[[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]]
|[[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]]
|Director
|Director
|[[Jen Easterly]]
|-
|-
|[[Federal Emergency Management Agency]]
|[[Federal Emergency Management Agency]]
|Administrator
|Administrator
| [[Deanne Criswell]]
|-
|-
|[[Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers]]
|[[Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers]]
|Director
|Director
|Thomas J. Walters<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fletc.gov/our-leadership|title=Our Leadership {{!}} FLETC |publisher=www.fletc.gov |access-date=December 26, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]]
|[[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]]
|Director
|Director
|[[Patrick Lechleitner]]
|-
|-
|[[United States Secret Service]]
|[[United States Secret Service]]
|Director
|Director
|[[Ronald L. Rowe Jr.]] (acting)
|-
|-
|[[Transportation Security Administration]]
|[[Transportation Security Administration]]
|Administrator
|Administrator
|[[David Pekoske]]
|-
|-
|[[Domestic Nuclear Detection Office]]
|[[Domestic Nuclear Detection Office]]
|Assistant Secretary
|Assistant Secretary
|Mary Ellen Callahan
|-
|-
|Office of Legislative Affairs
|Office of Legislative Affairs
|Assistant Secretary
|Assistant Secretary
|Alexandra Carnes
|-
|-
|Office of Partnership and Engagement
|Office of Partnership and Engagement
|Assistant Secretary
|Assistant Secretary
|Brenda Abdelall
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|-
|Office of Public Affairs
|Office of Public Affairs
|Assistant Secretary
|Assistant Secretary
|Marsha Espinosa
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|-
|[[Joint Requirements Council]]
|[[Joint Requirements Council]]
|Executive Director
|Executive Director
|Joseph D. Wawro
|-
|-
|[[DHS Office of Operations Coordination|Office of Operations Coordination]]
|[[DHS Office of Operations Coordination|Office of Operations Coordination]]
|Director
|Director
|Christopher J. Tomney
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|-
|Privacy Office
|Privacy Office
|Chief Privacy Officer
|Chief Privacy Officer
|Lynn Parker Dupree
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|-
|Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman
|Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman
|Director
|Director
|Phyllis A. Coven
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|-
|Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
|Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
|Officer
|Officer
|Katherine Culliton-González
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|-
|[[Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General|Office of the Inspector General]]
|[[Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General|Office of the Inspector General]]
|Inspector General
|Inspector General
|[[Joseph V. Cuffari]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oig.dhs.gov/about/MeetTheIG | title=Meet the IG &#124; Office of Inspector General}}</ref>
|}
|}
;Agencies
;Agencies
*[[United States Citizenship and Immigration Services]]: Processes and examines citizenship, residency, and asylum requests from aliens.
*[[United States Citizenship and Immigration Services]]
*[[U.S. Customs and Border Protection]]: Law enforcement agency that enforces U.S. laws along its international borders (air, land, and sea) including its enforcement of U.S. immigration, customs, and agriculture laws while at and patrolling between all U.S. ports-of-entry.
*[[Customs and Border Protection|U.S. Customs and Border Protection]]
*[[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]]: Law enforcement agency divided into two bureaus:
*[[Immigration and Customs Enforcement|U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]]
:# Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigates violations of more than 400 U.S. laws and gathers intelligence on national and international criminal activities that threaten the security of the homeland ([[Homeland Security Investigations]]); and
:# Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) enforces administrative violations of the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965|Immigration and Nationality Act]] by detaining, deporting, and removing violators of United States immigration law.
*[[Transportation Security Administration]]: Responsible for aviation security (domestic and international, most notably conducting passenger screenings at airports), as well as land and water transportation security
*[[United States Coast Guard]]: Military service responsible for law enforcement, maritime security, national defense, maritime mobility, and protection of natural resources.<ref>The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. [[Title 14 of the United States Code]] provides that "The Coast Guard as established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times." Coast Guard units, or ships of its predecessor service, the Revenue Cutter Service, have seen combat in every war and armed conflict of the United States since 1790, including the Iraq War.</ref>
*[[United States Secret Service]]: Law enforcement agency tasked with two distinct and critical national security missions:
:# Investigative Mission – The investigative mission of the USSS is to safeguard the payment and financial systems of the United States from a wide range of financial and electronic-based crimes.
:# Protective Mission – The protective mission of the USSS is to ensure the safety of the President of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, their immediate families, and foreign heads of state.
*[[Federal Emergency Management Agency]]: agency that oversees the federal government's response to natural disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, forest fires.
 
Passports for U.S. citizens are issued by the [[United States Department of State|U.S. Department of State]], not the Department of Homeland Security.


*[[Transportation Security Administration]]
*[[United States Coast Guard]]
*[[United States Secret Service]]
*[[Federal Emergency Management Agency]]
'''Advisory groups:'''
'''Advisory groups:'''
* [[Homeland Security Advisory Council]]: State and local government, first responders, private sector, and academics
* [[Homeland Security Advisory Council]]: State and local government, first responders, private sector, and academics
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* [[Office of the Secretary]] includes the Privacy Office, [[Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties]], [[Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General|Office of Inspector General]], [[Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman]], Office of Legislative Affairs, [[Office of the General Counsel]], [[Office of Public Affairs]], [[Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement]] (CNE), [[Office of the Executive Secretariat]] (ESEC), and the [[Military Advisor's Office]].
* [[Office of the Secretary]] includes the Privacy Office, [[Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties]], [[Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General|Office of Inspector General]], [[Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman]], Office of Legislative Affairs, [[Office of the General Counsel]], [[Office of Public Affairs]], [[Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement]] (CNE), [[Office of the Executive Secretariat]] (ESEC), and the [[Military Advisor's Office]].
* [[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency]]
In an August 5, 2002, speech, President Bush said: "We are fighting ... to secure freedom in the homeland."<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2002-10-08-oplede_x.htm Bovard, James. "Moral high ground not won on battlefield", ''USA Today'', October 8, 2008]. Retrieved on August 19, 2008.</ref> Prior to the creation of DHS, U.S. Presidents had referred to the U.S. as "the nation" or "the republic" and to its internal policies as "domestic".<ref name=wolf>Wolf, Naomi (2007). ''The End of America'', page 27. Chelsea Green Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-933392-79-0}}.</ref> Also unprecedented was the use, from 2002, of the phrase "the homeland" by White House spokespeople.<ref name=wolf/>
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