October 8th

On this day – 8th of October – 2001 was the US department of Homeland security established 

The United States department of homeland security was created by President Bush as a response to the terrorist attacks on September 11th. The departments job is to protect homeland USA against threats such as terrorists, man-made accidents and natural catastrophes. In 2003 was also border enforcement agencies put under this department. Their mission is “a safer and more secure America” and they have a planned budget for 2016 of 41.2 billion US dollar (27.0128508 billion British pounds)