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Mission vision statement:
Secure borders that protect the United States from threats and expedite lawful travel and commerce in support of a secure, free, and prosperous America.
Goals:
- Secure the land, air, and marine borders of and approaches to the United States, keeping out external threats and preventing illegal entries and the smuggling of contraband, while preserving civil liberties and meeting U.S. humanitarian obligations.
- Work with our international and private sector partners to secure and expedite the lawful flow of travel and commerce through our Ports of Entry and throughout the movement systems of the global economy.
- Protect critical border infrastructure, such as international bridge crossings and seaports.
The content you see is the actual work product of the QHSR study groups. Please note: this is not final, vetted DHS policy.
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Mission vision statement: Secure borders that protect the United States from threats and expedite lawful travel and commerce in support of a secure, free, and prosperous America. Goals: Se...
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Mission vision statement: Secure borders that protect the United States from threats and expedite lawful travel and commerce in support of a secure, free, and prosperous America. Goals: Se...
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Mission vision statement: Secure borders that protect the United States from threats and expedite lawful travel and commerce in support of a secure, free, and prosperous America. Goals: Se...
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Goals
August 10, 2009 at 09:47AM
We propose that the following goals be considered: Increase collaboration between federal, state, and local governments, the private sector, and our international parters. Recognize that our...
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Vision
August 10, 2009 at 09:39AM
Disagree. Propose the following: Secure borders that protect the United States from threats and enable the seamless flow of legitimate commerce and travel across US borders to ensure that our nati...
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Two birds one stone!
August 08, 2009 at 08:23PM
Put thousands of unemployed Americans to work securing our borders! Giving security by having a job & a secure border system!
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Ballast Discharge Control
August 08, 2009 at 11:31AM
Monitor air quality in ship-affected border regions, especially for bioaerosols of threat micro-organisms produced with ballast water discharge splash-spray of waters from around the world--or del...
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Ballast Discharge Control
August 08, 2009 at 11:26AM
Monitor air quality in ship-affected border regions, especially for bioaerosols of threat micro-organisms produced with ballast water discharge splash-spray of waters from around the world--or del...
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Decrease pressure on borders
August 07, 2009 at 12:48PM
Rather than focusing so many resources on the border itself, DHS should alleviate the pressure on the borders that comes as a result of failed immigration policies. The incredibly slow systems for...
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Secure borders
August 07, 2009 at 01:50AM
Ideally, "Secure borders that protect the United States from threats and expedite lawful travel and commerce in support of a secure, free, and prosperous America," sounds great, but it would be fi...
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Trusted traveler credentials
August 06, 2009 at 02:59PM
It is interesting that trusted traveler credentials on the border with Mexico cost about 2 and a half times as much as those on the Canadian border. Is that because the investigation of predominat...
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add UBV
August 06, 2009 at 04:11AM
Hey a few UBV(unmaned blipm vehicles(that would fit in the semi-trailer)) equipt with multispectral sensors and commo gear could stay around for long periods of time and watch the Border for days ...
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Food defense topic
August 06, 2009 at 03:01AM
Sreddy2009 is correct and on target in respect to food defense issues under borders and counterterrorism dialogue areas. Certain tags, while the views of other reviewer, which state speculative, m...
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