Homeland Security USA
Homeland Security USA
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First Aired: January 6th, 2009
Status: Ended
Air Time: Tuesday, 12:00 AM
Network: ABC
Summary: Homeland Security USA portrayed members of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies tasked with the security of the US, performing their day-to-day duties. It was the American version of the Australian reality show Border Security. The show premiered on January 6, 2009 on ABC. The show was put on hiatus May 19, 2009. Prior to the show premiering, ABC was met with minor protests from Latin American groups, claiming that the series was anti-immigrant. Once the series premiered, it was shown to be a balanced look at officers within Homeland Security who fought various crimes such as drug trafficking. Remaining episodes aired a few months later on weekend afternoons on ABC.
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# of Episodes: 14
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Season 1
Episode 1: This is Your Car on Drugs
Air Date: January 6th, 2009
Summary: The series begins with a search for undocumented immigrants along the U.S.-Mexican and for smuggler's in Canada who have been sneaking drugs into the country inside of baby diapers.
Episode 2: Looks Like It's Been Through an Autopsy
Air Date: January 13rd, 2009
Summary: Homeland Security USA spotlights a man traveling with a skull in his van and a drunken woman on the Canada border posing some problems.
Episode 3: It's Not a Cow. It's a Guinea Pig.
Air Date: January 27th, 2009
Summary: Illegal cargo in Miami has agents baffled, and a high tech latrine at JFK helps crack a case.
Episode 4: These Are Human Skulls So They Had to Belong to Somebody..
Air Date: February 3rd, 2009
Summary: CBP officers may have struck paydirt when at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport when they chat with a couple who are headed to Dubai who are carrying piles of undeclared cash and tell conflicting stories. A suitcase emitting a strange sound quickly empties out the terminal of Miami International Airport for an emergency evacuation. An officer at the San Francisco Mail Center makes a grisly discovery when he X-rays a box from China and is shocked by what he finds. At the Ysleta port of entry in El Paso, Texas, where one quarter of all illegal drugs entering the U.S. are seized, officers rip apart a sedan in search of its secrets, while a bag search prompts a deadly avian flu quarantine at the JFK airport in New York.
Episode 5: I Did One Stupid Mistake. It Cost My Whole Life.
Air Date: February 17th, 2009
Summary: When the customs officials in Buffalo become suspicious of the story of a Turk emigrating to Canada, the result is being separated from his wife and child. Then, officers in El Paso pay close attention to a canine inspection of an SUV. Also, the security officers in Pittsburgh get into a discussion with a student from MIT over passengers rights, and a mail center in New York inspects a package which arrives from Afghanistan.
Episode 6: Manatees? Y’know. Whatever. They’re Cool.
Air Date: February 24th, 2009
Summary: The Coast Guard in Florida tickets a man for riding his Jet Ski in protected waters, and a fishing boat full of suspicious cargo and a man fleeing from the scene has the customs officers in Puerto Rico on alert. Also, a man in New York is questioned concerning the Nathalie Holloway disappearance case; and a trained beagle has his senses set on a passenger's lunch.
Episode 7: There Could Be a Tiger In There.
Air Date: March 3rd, 2009
Summary: An airline passenger is detained in Miami when a large sum of cash is found on her; agents at the Texas-Mexico border stop a bus traveler; sixteen women crossing the border from Canada are stopped after claiming to be going to the U.S. for a bachelor party; and in Alaska, husband-and-wife agents carefully mind the Canadian-U.S. border.
Episode 8: They Call Me the Rottweiler
Air Date: March 10th, 2009
Episode 9: What Kind of Grades Did You Get in Recess?
Air Date: August 10th, 2009
Summary: A convicted sex offender with an outstanding warrant is arrested at an airport. The U.S. Coast Guard saved many lives in New Orleans when hurricane Katrina wrecked havoc.
Episode 10: We're a Nation of Immigrants. All of Us.
Air Date: August 16th, 2009
Episode 11: There Goes Another Broken Heart Thanks to CBP
Air Date: August 23rd, 2009
Episode 12: Were You Actually on The Bachelor?
Air Date: August 30th, 2009
Episode 13: Strip Clubs. Open on Thursday. Hmmm.
Air Date: September 6th, 2009
Episode 14: Season 2, Episode 11
Air Date: September 13rd, 2009
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