Homeland Security
noun
the United States Department of Homeland Security, the body responsible for dealing with terrorist threats on American soil
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homeland securitynounprecautions taken by the government of a specified country against terrorist attacks
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In an emailed response to The Times, an unidentified Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said that “for operational security and the safety of our officers, ICE will not disclose or discuss law enforcement operations.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Early Monday morning, agents from Homeland Security Investigations, part of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, surrounded Omar’s home and entered the premises, then left with boxes and other items.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026
Agents from Homeland Security Investigations conducted the search, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Agents from Homeland Security Investigations executed a search warrant authorized by a federal judge, according to the Associated Press and The Washington Post.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
She reached a producer and told her the story: her husband’s incarceration, the call from Homeland Security, the stonewalling, the courts that didn’t even exist.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
Capgemini said it had entered into an agreement with ITC Federal, a US IT solutions and enterprise services provider to federal law enforcement, homeland security and defence agencies, for the sale of Capgemini Government Solutions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
In December 2024, he named Anthony Salisbury, a 50-year-old career agent who’d run the agency’s Miami office, as a deputy homeland security adviser, reporting to White House policy chief Stephen Miller.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
US President Donald Trump later replaced Kristi Noem as homeland security with Markwayne Mullin, a senator from Oklahoma.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Kristi Noem, the former South Dakota governor and Trump’s former homeland security secretary, once gave him a 4-foot-tall replica of the memorial, with his face joining the four presidents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
John Ashcroft, our homeland security hombre with the heavy brow and the oh-so-serious, tuned-into-all-things-terrorist face, actually offered America a steady, if guarded, smile.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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