Border and Transportation Security Directorate [BTS] Law and Legal Definition
Border and Transportation Security Directorate [BTS] is a unit of the Department of Homeland Security. BTS is responsible for securing U.S. borders and transportation systems, and enforcing the nation’s immigration laws. The subunits of BTS are: Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. BTS brings the major border security and transportation operations under one roof, including the U.S. Customs Service (Treasury), the Immigration and Naturalization Service (part) (Justice), the Federal Protective Service (GSA), the Transportation Security Administration (Transportation), Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (Treasury), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (part)(Agriculture), and Office for Domestic Preparedness (Justice).
Legal Definition list
- Border and Transportation Security Directorate [BTS]
- Border Activity Funds [Transportation]
- BOP
- Booty
- Bootstrapping Rule
- Border Control
- Border Crosser
- Border Crossing Card
- Border Crossing Identification Card
- Border Patrol Agent
- Border Search
Related Legal Terms
- 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2003
- 3-A Sanitary Standards and Accepted Practice
- 3-Way Incandescent Lamp
- 480th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing
- 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing
- Abandon
- Abandon [Shipping]
- Abandoned Infant
- Abandoned Mark
- Abandoned Mined Lands
