Integrating Immigration, Customs, and Border Enforcement Should Be a Priority

Publication Date: October 2005

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): James Jay Carafano

Research Area: Government

Keywords: National security; homeland security

Type: Brief

Abstract:

Effective border control requires merging internal enforcement and trade and travel security with operations on the border. Although Customs and Border Protection (CBP) deals primarily with border enforcement and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) performs interior enforcement, there are specific steps that the Department of Homeland Security can and should take immediately to achieve this goal.