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> Homeland Security runs borders and borders have import controls, so preventing child porn from crossing the border is certainly within their purview. That's n
by nhaehnle 9y ago
> Homeland Security runs borders and borders have import controls, so preventing child porn from crossing the border is certainly within their purview. That's not in question.
Not a USian, so I may be wrong, but aren't Homeland Security and Customs separate organizations? Preventing certain imports like counterfeits or IP-violating material seems more of a Customs thing to me.
- Zak 9y agoNo. Customs is a subdivision of Homeland Security.
- throwaway613834 9y agoYou're probably thinking of how it was in the pre-DHS (pre-2001) era? There was U.S. Customs Service and there was Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security#Creation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Ho...