Restoring the Federal Balance: Dissolve DHS
The $100 Billion Panic Attack: Why the DHS Must Die
Imagine if the federal government decided to "protect" your house by removing the front door, building a 240,000-person barracks in your backyard, and charging you $100 billion a year for the privilege of being frisked every time you go to the grocery store.
That is the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Our latest report, "Restoring the Federal Balance," doesn't just complain about the bureaucracy—it offers the "Nuclear Option": A total legislative liquidation of the DHS, a return of the Secret Service and Customs to the Treasury, and a reversion to the Pre-1891 Model where states—not a distant federal leviathan—policed their own borders and communities.
1. CBP: The "Constitution-Free" Zone
Most Americans don't realize they live in a legal twilight zone. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) claims the authority to conduct warrantless searches and "roving" stops within 100 miles of any "external boundary" of the U.S.
The Indictment: This isn't just a "border" issue. This zone encompasses two-thirds of the U.S. population. Every resident of Florida, Maine, and Michigan, along with nearly every major city from Los Angeles to NYC, is currently living in a zone where the Fourth Amendment is treated as a polite suggestion.
The Scholarly Critique: We analyze the "Border Search Exception" and how it has been weaponized far beyond its original intent (which was strictly for actual border crossings). Today, it’s used to justify a national police force with "extra-constitutional" training wheels.
2. ICE: The Agency That Forgot Its Place
ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) was created in 2003 as a "civil" enforcement agency, but it has spent the last two decades suffering from a massive identity crisis, leaning into a paramilitary culture that would make a Victorian-era sheriff blush.
The "Rogue" Culture: As documented in the report, ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) has developed a culture of "absolute immunity" where agents routinely bypass judicial warrants for administrative "detainers."
The Functional Failure: They’ve moved from investigating transnational crime to essentially serving as a federalized "vagrancy patrol," frequently interfering with local law enforcement and creating what we identify as a "crisis of legitimacy."
3. The 1891 Solution: Return the Power to the States
The federal government didn't have a centralized immigration bureaucracy until 1891, and it didn't have a "Border Patrol" until 1924. Before then, the states were the primary guardians of their own communities.
Decentralized Accountability: In the pre-1891 model, if a state official abused their power, they answered to a local governor and a local court. Today, a rogue ICE agent answers to a distant bureaucracy in D.C. that considers "accountability" a four-letter word.
The Plan: We don't need a centralized, $25-billion-a-year enforcement apparatus. We need to Abolish ICE and CBP, return the Customs Service to the Treasury (to focus on actual trade and tariffs), and let the states manage their own borders according to their own needs and values through Competitive Federalism.
4. TSA: Professionalized Incompetence
Finally, there's the TSA—the ultimate "Security Theater." Internal audits show they miss weapons and explosives up to 95% of the time.
The Logic: An airline that is actually liable for its own planes has a much higher incentive to find a Glock in a carry-on than a bored federal employee who can’t be fired. We propose a total repeal of the ATSA and a return to a liability-based private screening model.
Stop Reading the Propaganda. Start Reading the Plan.
The DHS wants you to believe that without these behemoths, the country would dissolve into chaos. History says otherwise. Our report provides the legal and economic proof that the only way to save the Republic is to dismantle the department that claims to protect it.
