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Homeland Security

DHS Establishes New Office For Statistics

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 9th, 2023

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DHS Establishes New Office For Statistics

Marc Rosenblum, executive director of the Office of Homeland Security Statistics. Photo: DHS

The Department of Homeland Security last Thursday launched an independent enterprise-wide office that will collect, report, and analyze statistics to aid in policymaking and decision making. The Office of Homeland Security Statistics (OHSS) will replace the narrowly tailored Office of Immigration Statistics and expand data reporting to all department components with plans to release more detailed data regularly. OHSS will also manage the DHS Migration Analysis Center that models border encounters and immigration. The overriding purpose of the new office…

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