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Sep 17, 2026
KenyonHOST
Yeah, we didn't even have fucking ICE until after 9-11.
LucyHOST
After 9-11, the Homeland Security Act dissolved the INS and created some new entities under the DHS to kind of handle that stuff, one of which was ICE.
KenyonHOST
To make them feel like they were doing something.
KenyonHOST
Yeah,
Jane CoastonGUEST
In January 2002, the first detainees arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Erin RyanHOST
The Department of Homeland Security and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, AKA ICE, were created by the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the largest reorganization of the federal government since 1947, and I don't remember anybody really being upset about it when that happened.
Erin RyanHOST
Now we've arrived in Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11.
Jane CoastonGUEST
It did have a lot of oil, though.
Markwayne MullinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We can't afford to miss one opportunity to prevent it from happening again.
Donald TrumpSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 created the department which we now know as Homeland Security.
Roxanne EvansHOST
Fox's David Spunt.
Roxanne EvansHOST
I'm Roxanne Evans.
Marc Wayne MullenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We can't afford to miss one opportunity to prevent it from happening again.
David SpuntCORRESPONDENT
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 created the department which we now know as Homeland Security.
Roxanne EvansHOST
Fox's David Spunt.
Roxanne EvansHOST
I'm Roxanne Evans.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
We can't afford to miss one opportunity to prevent it from happening again.
David SpuntCORRESPONDENT
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 created the department which we now know as Homeland Security.
Roxanne EvansHOST
That's Fox's David Spunt.
Roxanne EvansHOST
I'm Roxanne Evans.
Ali VelshiHOST
Today, it oversees 15 different agencies, including ICE, Border Patrol, the Coast Guard, and FEMA.
Ali VelshiHOST
But the legislation that led to the creation of DHS, the Homeland Security Act of 2002, lists these two things as the department's top priorities.
Ali VelshiHOST
Quote, "A, prevent terrorist attacks within the United States.
Ali VelshiHOST
B, reduce the vulnerability of the United States to terrorism." Just wanna point out, that's the whole ballgame.
AudreyGUEST
kind of mentioned sort of the chaos that's going on in the nation.
AudreyGUEST
So one thing I'll say is in terms of let's just talk about ICE, right? ICE was put in place in around 2002 or 2003 following the Homeland Security Act, right? And every president since then has actually utilized ICE as a system by which to assist in deportations and removals.
AudreyGUEST
We see that in the Biden administration.
AudreyGUEST
We see that with Trump.
speaker_1NARRATOR
In the wake of September 11, instead of the silos Meissner was familiar with, there was a call to centralize intelligence and planning.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Congress passed the Homeland Security Act in 2002, which split INS into three separate agencies, ICE, Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S.
speaker_1NARRATOR
Citizenship and Immigration Services.
speaker_1NARRATOR
They were placed under the control of the newly created Department of Homeland Security, DHS, embedding immigration enforcement more firmly within the national security apparatus, where it commanded a much larger budget.
Alejandra SalazarCORRESPONDENT
Not even a month after 9-11, the Bush administration created the Office of Homeland Security.
Alejandra SalazarCORRESPONDENT
It became a cabinet-level department a year later with the passage of the Homeland Security Act.
George W. BushSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 takes the next critical steps in defending our country.
Alejandra SalazarCORRESPONDENT
DHS is in charge of national cybersecurity, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, and the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, just to name a few.
Alejandra SalazarCORRESPONDENT
But this is also the same department that processes and polices new immigrants to the United States.
Mark Wayne MullenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Our mission is to make sure it never happens again.
Stephanie CoxHOST
Following the 9-11 attacks, President George W. Bush signed the Homeland Security Act into law.
Stephanie CoxHOST
The legislation created a new cabinet-level agency dedicated to Homeland Security.
Stephanie CoxHOST
The Department of Homeland Security officially launched in March 2003.
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