Executive Summary: Restoring the Federal Balance

Report Title: A Comprehensive Plan for the Dissolution of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Return to the Constitutional Order

Overview

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), established via the Homeland Security Act of 2002, is characterized in this report as a redundant and constitutionally ambiguous federal police power. Created in response to the September 11 attacks, the department centralized 22 disparate agencies and 240,000 employees. This report proposes a complete dissolution of the DHS, advocating for a return to the "Pre-1891 Constitutional Model" of governance, emphasizing competitive federalism and the restoration of state sovereignty.

Strategic Rationale: Competitive Federalism

The plan is centered on "Competitive Federalism," which posits that decentralizing power fosters economic innovation and preserves liberty.

The "Race to the Top": By returning border management to the states (excluding naturalization), states would compete for labor and commerce. States with efficient, open borders would attract trade, while those with restrictive policies would internalize the resulting economic costs.
Prevention of a National Police Force: Dissolving a centralized 240,000-employee apparatus removes a potential "single point of failure" for civil rights. Devolution to 50 sovereign states dilutes the risk of a unified police state.
Fourth Amendment Restoration: Eliminating the federal border patrol would abolish the "100-mile border zone," a region currently encompassing two-thirds of the U.S. population where warrantless searches are currently permitted.

Pillar I: Reverting to the Pre-1891 Immigration Model

The report identifies the Immigration Act of 1891 as the turning point toward federal overreach. The proposed model decouples the policing of goods from the policing of people:

Abolition of CBP, ICE, and USCIS: These modern bureaucratic structures would be dismantled.
Revival of the U.S. Customs Service: Re-established within the Treasury Department to focus strictly on revenue collection, tariffs, and contraband interdiction at ports of entry.
State-Led Border Security: Policing the physical border between ports of entry would devolve to the states. States would utilize their police powers to manage public health (quarantine) and public safety.
Judicial Naturalization: The administrative processing of citizenship by USCIS would end. Naturalization would return to the judicial branch, where "any court of record" could verify residency and character requirements.

Pillar II: Dissolution of Operational Components

Each major component of the DHS is slated for abolition or transfer based on historical and functional logic:

Transportation Security Administration (TSA):

Action: Abolish.
Alternative: Return airport screening to private security firms and airport operators under FAA oversight.
Rationale: The report cites internal investigations where undercover investigators successfully smuggled mock explosives through checkpoints in up to 95% of trials. Privatization returns liability to airlines and market discipline to security.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA):

Action: Dissolve/Devolve.
Alternative: Transition to state-led disaster management via formula-based block grants that sunset over five years.
Rationale: Centralization creates a "moral hazard" for states; the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), currently $20 billion in debt, would be privatized to restore market signals for high-risk development.

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA):

Action: Dissolve.
Alternative: Move .gov defense to the GSA/NIST and .mil defense to U.S. Cyber Command. Private sector cybersecurity would rely on market forces and liability rather than federal oversight.

Coast Guard & Secret Service:

Action: Transfer the U.S. Coast Guard back to the Department of Transportation and the Secret Service back to the Department of the Treasury.

Pillar III: Implementation Roadmap

The dissolution is structured in four phases:

Phase 1 (Months 1-12): Legislative repeal of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and the Immigration Act of 1891.
Phase 2 (Months 13-24): Transfer of essential units (USSS, USCG) and a comprehensive Reduction in Force (RIF) for DHS headquarters staff.
Phase 3 (Months 24-36): Empowering states through "Border Security Compacts" and transitional block grants.
Phase 4 (Month 37): Final dissolution of the DHS and abolition of the Secretary of Homeland Security position.

Component Disposition Summary Table

Conclusion

The report concludes that dissolving the DHS is a constitutional imperative to restore the balance of power. By removing the administrative layer of the "homeland security" mission, the federal government returns to its enumerated duties—external defense and revenue—while the states and the private sector resume responsibility for domestic safety and economic efficiency.