U.S. Response to Special Interest Aliens, a Collaborative Effort

• Main Author: Amidon, Jr, Doyle E.
• Other Authors: ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Personnel Management and Labor Relations; Civil Defense; Unconventional Warfare; *HOMELAND SECURITY; *ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS; TERRORISTS; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; UNITED STATES; ORGANIZATIONS; STRATEGY; FOREIGN; IMMIGRANTS; IMMIGRATION; PATROLLING; STRUCTURES; EFFICIENCY; BOUNDARIES; RESOURCES; PERSONNEL; HOMELAND DEFENSE; OBP(UNITED STATES BORDER PATROL); (SIA)SPECIAL INTEREST ALIEN; NORTHCOM
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA480134; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA480134

This document is intended to be of operational and strategic relevance and of value to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), specifically the United States Border Patrol (OBP), and the Department of Defense (DoD), particularly the U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM). Ideally, this document will inform the specified DoD and DHS audiences concerning each other's roles, missions, and objectives. For each respective audience half of this document will appear to be common knowledge. This is intentional. Readers are encouraged to focus on the operational structures outside of their area of expertise to gain a better understanding of their DHS or DoD counterpart and to utilize this knowledge to realize operational efficiencies within their own organization. Within this document DHS and DoD structures will be described, responsible for and outlined the nuances of homeland security and homeland defense. DHS resources will be described to catalog those aliens classified as "Aliens from Special Interest Countries" (ASIC's) or "Special Interest Aliens" (SIA's) by the Department of Homeland Security. Current OBP national strategy and organizational structure will be explained, and improvements in resources and personnel levels since 9/11 will be addressed. Similar information concerning DoD components responsible for homeland defense will be given.