HLS 236 - Immigration and Customs Enforcement

3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
Explore the goals and operational components of immigration and customs enforcement-surveying the identification, apprehension and removal of illegal aliens from the United States; including detention facilities and detention management. Also explore human rights violations, terrorism, and human smuggling; narcotics, weapons and other types of smuggling; and financial crimes, cybercrime, and export enforcement issues. Examine how to obtain and analyze the intelligence needed to investigate crimes and enforce laws associated with illegal immigration.

Corequisite(s): CJS 111 or HLS 111 .

Crosslisted: Also offered as CJS 236 ; credit will not be given for both HLS 236 and CJS 236 .

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Demonstrates the ability to properly interpret and apply essential information.
- Identify valuable information.
- Identify critical national and international laws governing immigration policy and national security.
- Correctly apply information to case scenarios, simulations and table-top exercises.
- Demonstrate basic intelligence strategies.
- Write valid and reliable reports, summaries and documents pertaining to homeland security functions.
- Articulate ideas and opinions based on credible facts and information.
Examines, calculates and projects outcomes from possible terrorist threats.
- Establish the likelihood of terrorist threats based on immigration patterns.
- Track political, social and economic trends throughout the world that may influence immigration patterns.
- Analyze the role and function of mass media on the legislative and public perspective on immigration - nationally and internationally.
- Assess the role, functions of, and coordination between national agencies of intelligence, homeland security, ICE and CBP.
- Outline the common characteristics and routine actions of terrorists and terrorist organizations.
- Calculate using graphs and statistics, immigration patterns and its influence on social political and economic conditions in the U.S.
- Chart the general national and local emergency responses to illegal immigration and criminal activities associated with illegal immigration.

Core Competencies
Core 1 Communication Core 2 Technology Fluency Core 3 Information Literacy Core 4 Personal Wellness Core 5 Self Management Core 6 Scientific Reasoning Core 7 Quantitative Reasoning Core 8 Social and Civic Responsibility Core 9 Global Perspective Core 10 Innovative and Critical Thinking