Dividing Up Duties

Three Homeland Security Department agencies-Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and Citizenship and Immigration Services-have launched an ambitious program to provide administrative support to each other. Here's who handles what:

Customs and Border Protection

• Facilities construction
• Facilities lease management, acquisition
• Fleet management
• Printing and graphics
• Health and safety
• Human resources management
• Personnel security
• Customs forms design and distribution

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

• Firearms, armories
• Supervisory training
• Leadership training
• Finance (for ICE and CIS)
• Equal employment opportunity (for ICE and CIS)
• Headquarters mail (for ICE and CIS)

Citizenship and Immigration Services

• Documented alien file system management