Homeland Security

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noun

1. the United States Department of Homeland Security, the body responsible for dealing with terrorist threats on American soil

homeland security

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noun

1. precautions taken by the government of a specified country against terrorist attacks

Example Sentences

He did not know if the person arrested by agents requested a police report and referred all questions to the Homeland Security Department, which oversees agencies including ICE and Customs and Border Protection.

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One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watched.

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The Department of Homeland Security is trying to overhaul the $1 billion Homeland Security Grant Program to shift anti-terrorism funds from Democratic states to Republican strongholds.

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The Department of Homeland Security has made clear that the plan now is to assert that anti-fascists and foreign narco-terrorists are the same — an ever-present, omni-enemy that lurks behind every critique of this administration.

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In Orange County, airport spokesperson AnnaSophia Servin said that Homeland Security requested, to the airport’s director, that the video be played, but a final decision has not yet been made.

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