Policy Guidance for Implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols

On December 20, 2018, I announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), consistent with the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), will begin implementation of Section 235(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) on a large-scale basis to address the migration crisis along our southern border. In 1996, Congress added Section 235(b)(2)(C) to the INA. This statutory authority allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to return certain applicants for admission to the contiguous country from which they are arriving on land (whether or not at a designated port of entry) pending removal proceedings under Section 240 of the INA. Consistent with the MPP, citizens and nationals of countries other than Mexico ( third-country nationals ) arriving in the United States by land from Mexico-illegally or without proper documentation-may be returned to Mexico pursuant to Section 235(b)(2)(C) for the duration of their Section 240 removal proceedings

Choosing IED detection method calls for objectivity

Center for Homeland Defense and Security, OUT OF THE CLASSROOMDownload the paper: Paper: Explosive Detection Technologies for Commercial Ferries” U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Rob McLellan wrote his course paper in Technology on Homeland Security on the array of technologies..

Wagner Discusses 'Unfinished Business'

Center for Homeland Defense and Security News and Stories, PRESS RELEASESAfter more than three decades of government service, Caryn Wagner has some unfinished business. And that business made for quality classroom time April 8-9 as the recently retired Department of..

Website is National Resource for Homeland Security Educators

Center for Homeland Defense and Security, PRESS RELEASESFor the first time in the country’s history, colleges, universities and agencies can share homeland security curriculum and multi-media content with a new website that is designed specifically to meet..

33 Homeland Security Professionals Complete NPS Executive Leaders Program

Center for Homeland Defense and Security, PRESS RELEASESThirty-three professionals from across the nation completed the Executive Leaders Program on Aug. 19 at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS)....OUT OF THE CLASSROO

CHDS Alumni Make a Difference: Lt. Ray Guidetti Receives National Fusion Center Conference Award

Center for Homeland Defense and Security, PRESS RELEASESNew Jersey State Police Lt. Ray Guidetti recently received the Fusion Center State or Urban Area Representative of the Year award at the 2009 National Fusion Center Conference in Kansas..

Guidetti Translates Thesis Into Profession

Center for Homeland Defense and Security, PRESS RELEASESWhen New Jersey State Police Lt. Ray Guidetti drives to work each day and peers across at the New York City skyline, what strikes him most is what he does..

Hutchinson Advocates Preparedness and Collaboration for Pandemic Threats

Center for Homeland Defense and Security News and Stories, PRESS RELEASESAs the Ebola virus plagues West Africa and public health officials brace for its potential spread beyond Africa and possibly to the United States, a September Inspector General audit of..

Acting TSA head commends CHDS thesis

Center for Homeland Defense and Security News and Stories, PRESS RELEASESA gun smuggling ring operating out of Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Airport has proved the salience of one graduate’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security’s master’s degree thesis. Alan Black, Vice..