Well, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) are now part of the Department of Homeland Security, which was formed in 2002. Immigration came from the Department of Justice, Customs from Treasury, and FEMA had been an independent agency.

Former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano has been United States Secretary of Homeland Security since January, 2009. She was appointed by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. It seems to me that she's doing a pretty good job.

Over a period of 30 years, I did security clearance investigations on hundreds of employees of Customs, Immigration, and FEMA - including people at the highest levels of management. With few exceptions, these employees were decent people doing a pretty good job, dedicated to serving the public. Nonetheless, there were lots of things I didn't like about aspects of these agencies, particularly Immigration. I'm not likely to believe any conspiracy theories about these agencies, though. They had normal problems, nothing disastrous.

-Joe-