The rate of security issue in Homeland

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Problem statement on DHS Delivers Northern Border Threat Analysis
Report to Congress:
The rate of security issue in Homeland is rapidly increasing. During 2017, the US
department of Homeland security had delivered a report to the congress by stating the current
threat landscape that is prevailing in US (Department of Homeland Security. 2020). From the
Northern border Threat Analysis report, it is evident that the rate of security related threat in
air, land, and maritime domains in between the US-Canada border is accelerating in a drastic
manner. It is important to note here that the factors like climate, threat from the environment
and volume of cross-border flow are in turn increasing the security issues. These security
issues are increasing the tension in between US and Canada, which in turn is hampering the
relationship in between the countries (Department of Homeland Security. 2020).
In the year 2018, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that they
will strengthen their strategy in order to resolve the security issues and combat the rate of
terrorism (Department of Homeland Security. 2020). According to DHS, the strategy will
also facilitate both travel and trade in between US and China. The strategy aims to develop a
clear vision and effective actions that are needed to be taken by them for the sake of
safeguarding the northern border from the terrorism and criminal activities. In addition, this
strategy will also facilitate the flow of cross border trade and critical infrastructure that will
help in strengthening the infrastructure of protection and resilience of community
(Newsweek. 2020).
Background:
The security issues in US-Canada border is increasing in a drastic manner. Both the
countries are encountering extreme difficulties in the way of protecting the border and make
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