This new cabinet-level department includes FEMA, the Coast Guard & Customs
In 
2001, another series of terrorist attack on September 11 would lead to a totally 
new ... Management Agency (FEMA), Customs, Border Patrol, Coast Guard ... On 
March 1, 2003, DHS became an official cabinet-level department... [DOC] [TLE] The Homeland Security Hash | Wilson Quarterly [PAR] The Department of Homeland Security includes bureaucratic pieces that do not ... 
and in the spring of 2002 recommended the creation of a cabinet-level 
department.