{
  "id": "R44269",
  "type": "CRS Report",
  "typeId": "REPORTS",
  "number": "R44269",
  "active": true,
  "source": "EveryCRSReport.com",
  "versions": [
    {
      "source": "EveryCRSReport.com",
      "id": 447231,
      "date": "2015-11-10",
      "retrieved": "2016-04-06T17:58:44.501276",
      "title": "Homeland Security Investigations, a Directorate within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: In Brief",
      "summary": "In June 2010, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with law enforcement responsibilities, altered its structure. Among the changes, ICE created a directorate it named \u201cHomeland Security Investigations\u201d or HSI. HSI, one of the two primary operational directorates to emerge from ICE\u2019s 2010 realignment, combined elements within ICE that focused on criminal investigation. The directorate was designed to pursue criminals and terrorists who \u201cviolate [U.S.] customs and immigration laws worldwide.\u201d Criminal investigators working for HSI have become fixtures in many federal interagency investigations, and HSI has also claimed a prominent role within DHS as the department\u2019s largest body devoted to criminal investigations. This report offers policymakers a general discussion of HSI\u2019s structure and operations. It discusses two strategic initiatives that guide the agency\u2019s operations. \nEnforcing more than 400 federal laws and regulations, HSI, as part of ICE, investigates what it dubs \u201ccross-border criminal activity.\u201d This suggests a host of border security responsibilities related to the illicit movement of people and goods into the United States. In addition to more obvious areas of operation such as drug trafficking, human smuggling, and visa security, HSI\u2019s orbit of responsibilities also includes challenges such as cybercrime, intellectual property theft, and counterterrorism. For example, HSI claims that its employees represent the second largest contingent of federal agents detailed to Joint Terrorism Task Forces across the United States.\nStructurally, HSI includes eight divisions at the headquarters level: (1) Domestic Operations, (2) International Operations, (3) the Office of Intelligence, (4) the National Security Investigations Division, (5) Investigative Programs, (6) the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, (7) Mission Support, and (8) the Information Management Directorate. The divisions help manage and facilitate investigative work at domestic field offices as well as in foreign locations. The first six divisions listed above appear to cover program management at the headquarters level for most of the investigative and intelligence work performed by HSI and are discussed in this report.",
      "type": "CRS Report",
      "typeId": "REPORTS",
      "active": true,
      "formats": [
        {
          "format": "HTML",
          "encoding": "utf-8",
          "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/R44269",
          "sha1": "f13fbd62d749da3600a44040670b11830052bca3",
          "filename": "files/20151110_R44269_f13fbd62d749da3600a44040670b11830052bca3.html",
          "images": null
        },
        {
          "format": "PDF",
          "encoding": null,
          "url": "http://www.crs.gov/Reports/pdf/R44269",
          "sha1": "818e7176c0e468170e572a0cd12424731f3046ae",
          "filename": "files/20151110_R44269_818e7176c0e468170e572a0cd12424731f3046ae.pdf",
          "images": null
        }
      ],
      "topics": []
    }
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Crime Policy",
    "Intelligence and National Security"
  ]
}