Domestic Security Section

{{Short description|Former part of the U.S. Department of Justice}}

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The Domestic Security Section (DSS) was a component of the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division that was focused on the prosecution of significant alien smuggling organizations,{{cite web |url=http://www.ilw.com/articles/2004,0413-Surgalla.shtm |title=International Aspects Of Criminal Immigration Enforcement |access-date=2008-09-28 |work=Immigration Daily }} complex immigration frauds, certain violent crime and firearms offenses, crimes committed under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, and serious human rights violations such as war crimes, genocide,{{cite web|publisher=Senate Judiciary Committee |url=https://www.senate.gov/comm/judiciary/general/testimony.cfm?id=2521&wit_id=6056 |title=Genocide and the Rule of Law. Before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law|accessdate= December 15, 2007}}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and torture. DSS was the primary DOJ office responsible for pursuing justice against perpetrators of human rights violations.{{cite web|publisher=Senate Judiciary Committee |url=http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=3028&wit_id=6776 |title=No Safe Haven: Accountability for Human Rights Violators in the United States. Before the Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228061851/http://judiciary.senate.gov/testimony.cfm?id=3028&wit_id=6776 |archivedate=2008-02-28 |accessdate= December 25, 2007}}
- {{cite web |url=http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/06/24/usdom19212_txt.htm |title=From Nuremberg to Darfur: Accountability for Crimes Against Humanity |access-date=2008-10-04 |work=Human Rights Watch }}

In 2009, the section was merged with the Office of Special Investigations to form a new unit of the Criminal Division: the Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section.