External Security, Borders, Citizenship & Immigration

Legal Function

The group of external-affairs functions assigned by statute to the Exterior Committee rather than a separately named department.

Responsibilities

• Border enforcement.
• Citizenship requests as an external-affairs/entry function.
• Immigration policy and security operations.
• External-security operations.
• Monitoring foreign threats and conditions affecting the NSSI.

Institutional Relationship

The Port Authority handles logistical processing of immigration applications and visitor entries; Exterior retains the broader security, policy, and external-affairs responsibility.