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Homeland Security USA: Season 1
  • Network: ABC
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 6, 2009
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
47 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Summary: The work of officers of the Department of Homeland Security is seen in this documentary series based on a similar show in Australia.
  • Genre(s): Reality, News/Documentary

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Tom Shales
    50
    There's little about Homeland Security USA that's warmly reassuring in the post-9/11 world. But the agents do behave with commendable civility (at least while cameras are trained on them) and apparent diligence.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    50
    As is so often the case, however, it's difficult to invest real-life police work with the sense of excitement that television doles out in scripted programming--even with music whose urgency borders on the comical.
  3. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    50
    While some of the "finds" the security officers uncover at border crossings tonight at the Los Angeles International Airport, at the Blaine, Wash./Canada border, at the US/Mexican border and while patrolling the desert outside Tucson, are interesting, most are not.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. TriciaB
    10
    I liked this show...I found it interesting and exciting. I live in a fairly rural part of Ohio and my eyes were opened at what goes on at border patrols and airports. Keep up the Good Work.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. SarahG
    10
    This show was very interesting. It showed so many of the daily events that take place on our borders. It makes you very appreciative of all the work the officers do on our behalf. Thanks ABC.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  3. AhrenW
    0
    They need to show them hunting down illegal aliens that have not commited any crimes other than being here illegally to really make this an unbiased look at Homeland Security. They need to show the innocent American children that go through the hardship of lossing one or both parents to deportation. This show disgusts me. Show the stories your trying to keep secret from the public. No one is illegal. When my great grand parents emigrated here from Western Europe their was no such thing as an illegal immigrant. We need to cancel this show. Stop punishing innocent people for wanting a better life for themselves and their children. Thank you.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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