Updates about implementation of several technology and surveillance programs along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Link at dhs.gov)
Southwest Border Technology Integration Program Calendar Year 2022 – Increment 2 Funding
15 Government Reports tagged “Budget”
Information from the U.S. or other governments
Senate Explanatory Statement for the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, 2023
Published by the Senate Appropriations Committee on July 28, 2022.
The Senate Appropriations Committee’s narrative report to accompany its bill funding the Department of Homeland Security’s 2023 budget. (Link at appropriations.senate.gov)
House Explanatory Statement for the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, 2023
Published by the House of Representatives on July 1, 2022.
The House Appropriations Committee’s narrative report to accompany its bill funding the Department of Homeland Security’s 2023 budget. (Link at congress.gov)
Congressional Budget Justification Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Review of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Fiscal Year 2021 Detailed Accounting Report for Drug Control Funds
Published by the DHS Inspector-General on January 25, 2022.
Finds that about 15 percent of CBP’s 2021 budget was spent on activities with a counter-drug purpose. (link at oig.dhs.gov)
CBP Did Not Adequately Oversee FY 2019 Appropriated Humanitarian Funding
Published by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector-General on September 28, 2020.
Looks at how CBP misspent much of $192 million that Congress had appropriated to attend to the humanitarian needs of migrants in custody. (Link at oig.dhs.gov)
Evaluation of the United States Military Support of Department of Homeland Security Southern Border Security Operations Under Title 10 Authority
Published by the Department of Defense Inspector-General on August 18, 2020.
A detailed look at the funding, management, and legal authority for the Trump administration’s deployments of military personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border. (Link at dodig.mil)
Southwest Border: CBP Needs to Increase Oversight of Funds, Medical Care, and Reporting of Deaths
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on July 15, 2020.
Finds serious fault with CBP’s handling of the health of children in custody and its use of funds designated by Congress for humanitarian purposes. (Link at gao.gov)
Report on the 2021 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
Published by the House Appropriations Committee on July 14, 2020.
The House appropriators’ narrative report accompanying the 2021 bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. (Link at appropriations.house.gov)
Decision: U.S. Customs and Border Protection—Obligations of Amounts Appropriated in the 2019 Emergency Supplemental
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on June 11, 2020.
GAO finds that CBP failed to spend emergency funds for detained migrants’ consumables, medical care, and humane processing as Congress intended, instead devoting the money to items like boats, dirt bikes, and office upgrades. (Link at gao.gov)
Border Security: U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Management of a Temporary Facility in Texas Raised Concerns about Resources Used
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on April 9, 2020.
GAO found that Customs and Border Protection wildly overspent on a tent facility to house apprehended migrants during late 2019. (Link at gao.gov)
Support for DHS Counter-Drug Activity Reprogramming Action
Published by the Defense Department Comptroller on February 13, 2020.
A Defense Department notification to Congress that it is transferring $3.8 billion to the Department of Homeland Security for construction of border fencing, in accordance with President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration. (link at comptroller.defense.gov)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Budget Overview: Fiscal Year 2021 Congressional Justification
Published by the Department of Homeland Security on February 11, 2020.
The annual budget request to Congress for the agency that includes Border Patrol, CBP officers at ports of entry, and an Air and Marine Division operating along U.S. borders. Includes the request for border wall construction. (link at dhs.gov)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Budget Overview: Fiscal Year 2021 Congressional Justification
Published by the Department of Homeland Security on February 11, 2020.
ICE’s annual funding request submitted to Congress with descriptions of its planned activities and their cost. (link at dhs.gov)
Fiscal Year 2019 Customs and Border Protection Border Statistics
Published by Customs and Border Protection on February 11, 2020.
All of the prior-year data that CBP posts to its statistics page, combined in a single PDF file. Includes sector profile, family unit and UAC apprehensions, family unit apprehensions by sector, monthly apprehensions, apprehensions from Mexico and other than Mexico, staffing statistics, deaths, apprehensions by sector, apprehensions since 1925, and budget statistics.