The Washington Times
The long-debated merger of two Department of Homeland Security agencies with overlapping jurisdiction for border security and immigration enforcement is recommended in an unreleased report by the Inspector General's Office at the Department of Homeland Security, law-enforcement authorities said.
The report was requested by Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican and chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, amid concerns that turf battles, budget problems and low morale within U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) threatened national security.
Posted by Suzanne at September 19, 2005