Department of Homeland Security

**Incumbent**Ansgard
*Since the 15th of August 2023*

The **Department of Homeland Security** is the Department responsible for regulating immigration and controlling Adoria's borders, maintain the Adorian Security Service, along with safeguarding Adorian cyberspace.

## Role

* Serve as the Chancellor's main advisor on immigration.
* Secure and manage Adorian borders.
* Secure and manage Adorians maritime borders.
* Enforce Adorian immigration laws.
* Regulate immigration regulations.
* Safeguard Adorian Cyberspace
* Ensure resilience to natural disasters.
* Create and maintain domestic intelligence agencies.

## History

Originally established during the Followerpar Era, the **Ministry of Homeland Security**, and **Ministry of Immigration**, existed separately. The former focused on internal defense threats to Adoria such as terrorism or invasion, and the latter for immigration responsibilities. On 30 November 2019, Order 66 was officially adopted consolidating the Ministry of Immigration into a department of the **Ministry of Justice**, ran by the Secretary of Immigration. The Ministry of Homeland Security was merged with the Ministry of Defence forming the **Ministry of Defense and Homeland Security**. A department within the MoD&HS would be maintained ran by the Secretary of Homeland Security. . This would remain the standard for nearly 9 months, until 3 August 2020, when the Department of Immigration was dissolved and consolidated into an integrated **Ministry of Justice & Immigration**. At the same time the **Ministry of Defence & Homeland Security** would be demoted to the **Ministry of Defence**, with Homeland security responsibilities being shifted to the Interior Ministry forming the **Ministry of Interior & Homeland Security**. Following the Siernuke it was swiftly re-established identically on 9 December 2020.

On 21 May 2022, the Ministerial powers bill v2 would be passed reorganizing the **Ministry of Interior & Homeland Security** and **Ministry of Justice & Public Administration** to exchange immigration/administration and homeland responsibilities becoming the **Ministry of Interior & Administration** and **Ministry of Justice & Homeland Security**. The changes would be implemented on 30 May 2022 to coincide with the formation of the 77th Government. The **Ministry of Defence** would remain the same.

On 20 March 2023, the Executive Creation Act was passed creating a **Department of Homeland Security** but this would be vetoed by Matthew V for being too centralized in presidential power. On 28 March 2023, an amendment to the Executive Creation Act would be passed adding the chancellorship and vice chancellor. These changes would be accepted by Matthew V and on 6 April 2023, the **Ministry of Justice & Homeland Security** would be split into two, the **Department of Justice** and the **Department of Homeland Security**. While the **Ministry of Interior & Administration** was reforming having its immigration responsibilities transferred to this new Department of Homeland Security. What remained of the MoI&A was given environmental powers becoming the **Department of the Interior and Environment**.

## List of Secretaries of Homeland Security

*For the old list of Minister of Homeland Security please refer to this page: List of Ministers of Defense and Homeland Security*