Department of Homeland Security

Legal theory continues to lag behind the realities of modern technology, leaving Americans’ private data vulnerable to agencies’ expansive powers.

Fueled by a budget boom, the Department of Homeland Security is expanding its technological arsenal, with little oversight or transparency around how these tools are used.

Humanitarian protections have been sharply curtailed despite broad public support and available funding.

Congress and state and local governments must create new safeguards around the collection, integration, and misuse of people’s data to protect privacy and First Amendment rights.

ICE is only part of the problem.

Reforms to focus DHS’s work and guard against overreach depend on strengthened internal oversight offices.

The Department of Homeland Security needs new rules and stronger oversight to better protect civil rights and civil liberties.

The federal government provides state and local intelligence hubs with funding, personnel, and database access — all without adequate oversight.

A patchwork of nondiscrimination policies has left the Department of Homeland Security with a profiling problem. Our proposed guidance would close the gaps.

Twenty years after its founding, the Department of Homeland Security struggles to carry out its sweeping counterterrorism mission effectively and equitably.