US Department of Justice Law enforcement Agencies
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
The DEA was formed in 1st July, 1973 by the Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973 (Department of Justice, 2020). The plan was signed by the former US president, Nixon Richard. It projected the formation of a single central agency to implement the national laws on drugs and organize and join the federal drug control operations. As a result, of increased drug and substance abuse in the country, Congress passed the proposal. As a result, almost 600 special agents of Custom Agency Service, Bureau of Customs, including the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement (ODALE), and the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD) were merged to form the Drug Enforcement Administration (Department of Justice, 2020).
The DEA has a mission to implement the controlled policies of the United States and substances regulations and prosecute principal members of organizations, associated with manufacture, growing or distribution of controlled substances, to civil and criminal systems of the United States. The agency also support and recommend non-enforcement programs with the objectives of mitigating the demand and access to illicit controlled substances on the international and domestic markets.
Is the federal law enforcement agency for the United States, working under the Department of Justice. It mandated to fighting distribution and trafficking of drugs in the country. It is also the lead agency for local implementation of controlled substances Act, sharing jurisdiction with immigration and customs enforcement, federal bureau of investigations (FBI), U.S. customs and border protection, and the department of homeland security (DHS). It has jurisdiction and responsibility to locally and internationally manage and pursue US’s investigations associated with drugs.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
As a law enforcement agency, ATF has a mission to regulate the explosives and firearms industries, provide assistance to other agencies, and conduct criminal investigations on acts of arson bombing, illegal diversion of tobacco and alcohol products. As a result, ATF’s mission is protecting the public against these criminal activities as stated by laws and the constitution of the United States (ATF, 2020).
The agency collaborate with industries, communities, and other law enforcement agents in safeguarding the public through research, training, sharing information and use of technology. As a result, it also has the responsibility of controlling and mitigating illegal trafficking and use of firearms and explosives.
Other responsibilities of this agency include prevention and investigation of federal crimes such as illegal possession of explosives and firearms, illegal trafficking of firearms, and acts of arson bombing. It implements the federal policies through licensing the possession, sale, and distribution of firearms, explosives and ammunition in the domestic market. Most of its operations are carried out in collaboration with task forces local and state law enforcement officers such as Project Safe Neighborhoods (ATF, 2020).
Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
The EOIR agency has a mission to arbitrate immigration cases by expeditiously, fairly and uniformly administering and interpreting the country’s immigration regulations. Under the deputized jurisdiction of the Attorney General, the agency conducts appellate reviews, immigration court proceedings, and administrative hearings (Department of Justice, 2020).
Its responsibility include overseeing the United States’ courts through the office of the Chief Immigration Judge (Department of Justice, 2020). Besides, the board of immigration appeals is part of EOIR, and hears petitions from the immigration courts.
The primary function of the EOIR is to conduct non-judicial determination or wrong doings by individuals through administrative proceedings to determine the deportation of immigrants out of the US.
References
ATF. (2020). About the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Department of Justice. (2020). Law enforcement agencies. Department of Justice. https://www.justice.gov/agencies/list