Border Security: CRS Experts (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised Aug. 13, 2014 |
| Report Number |
R40905 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Mark R. Rosenblum, Specialist in Immigration Policy |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
The following table lists the names and contact information for CRS experts on policy concerns related to border security. Policy areas identified include the following:
Mission: scope, magnitude, relationship to departmental mission, functions and their interrelationships.
Border surveillance: airports and air space; detection of nuclear and radiological materials; land borders; seaports and waterways.
Immigration and foreign visitors: immigration; border "look out" systems; illegal entry; visa issuance and alien tracking.
Transnational issues: border violence; foreign cooperation with Canada; foreign cooperation with Mexico; trans-border crime.
Intelligence to support border and transportation security: intelligence activities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and the U.S. Coast Guard; biometrics; terrorist travel; terrorist watch lists and the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC).
Operational functions: animal and plant health inspections; U.S. Border Patrol; Coast Guard services; immigration enforcement and investigative services; State Department, Bureau of Consular Affairs; transportation security.
Trade and imports: customs services; food imports security;
Transportation systems: air; landâpassenger; landâfreight; sea.
