The DHS was conceived and built as a blackhole for county, city, state, and federal government funds to be squandered under the auspices of "fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here." I've called bullshit for years and I will continue to do so.
DHS is a gaping, pus-filled, cankerous sore on the ass of the United States' economy and persona. Yet the majority still buy into the fear-mongering.