Finds that “SB 4 is already causing significant fear and concern among Mexican nationals living in Texas.” (link at courtlistener.com)
148 Government Reports
Information from the U.S. or other governments
Border Security: Border Patrol’s Missing Migrant Program
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on March 20, 2024.
Finds that by including data limitations in its reports, Border Patrol could provide context for Congress and the public to better understand data on migrant deaths. (Link at gao.gov)
Border Rescues and Mortality Data, Fiscal Year 2022
Published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on March 18, 2024.
Includes Border Patrol’s count of migrant remains recovered, across several characteristics, between 2018 and 2022. (Link at cbp.gov)
Fiscal Year 2022 Office of Professional Responsibility CBP-Related Deaths Report
Published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on March 18, 2024.
A report to Congress on CBP’s in-custody deaths, other CBP-involved deaths, and other deaths that congressional staff asked CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility to review. (Link at cbp.gov)
Results of July 2023 Unannounced Inspections of CBP Holding Facilities in the Rio Grande Valley Area
Published by the DHS Office of Inspector-General on March 15, 2024.
Found that detainees in the Donna and Ursula Centralized Processing Centers were held in custody longer than 72 hours
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Fiscal Year 2025 Congressional Justification
Published by the Department of Homeland Security on March 11, 2024.
The budget materials that U.S. Customs and Border Protection sends to Congress each year. (Link at dhs.gov)
DHS Annual Assessment: Most Programs Are Meeting Current Goals, but Some Continue to Face Cost and Schedule Challenges
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on February 22, 2024.
A review of major DHS acquisition programs, including 10 CBP programs supporting border security operations.
DHS Employee Misconduct: Actions Needed to Better Assess Differences in Supervisor and Non-Supervisor Discipline
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on February 14, 2024.
identifies gaps in DHS’s handling of employee misconduct, particularly in the equitable adjudication between supervisors and non-supervisors. (Link at gao.gov)
Department of Homeland Security: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of Joint Task Forces
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on February 7, 2024.
Finds that DHS lacked criteria for starting and ending its task forces, and hadn’t set measurable performance goals for them. (Link at gao.gov)
Report: Impeachment of Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
Published by the House Committee on Homeland Security on February 3, 2024.
House Homeland Republicans lay out their case for impeaching DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, alleging mismanagement of the border and migration. (Link at house.gov)
ICE Major Surgeries Were Not Always Properly Reviewed and Approved for Medical Necessity
Published by the DHS Office of Inspector-General on January 23, 2024.
At ICE’s detention centers, the DHS Inspector-General looked at 6 cases of hysterectomies performed on detained migrant women—and found that 2 were medically unnecessary. (Link at oig.dhs.gov)
Crisis at the Border: Reports from the Frontline
Excerpts from interviews with Border Patrol sector chiefs. (Link at oversight.house.gov)
Second Supplemental Memorandum Regarding Emergency Application to Vacate the Injunction Pending Appeal
Published by the U.S. Department of Justice on January 14, 2024.
In a memo to the Supreme Court, the Solicitor General details what happened after the state of Texas barred the federal Border Patrol from a riverfront park in Eagle Pass. (Link at supremecourt.gov)
U.S. Border Patrol Technology Design Principles & Standards for Interoperability
Published by Customs and Border Protection on January 11, 2024.
Sets principles for “technical interoperability of relevant sensors and command and control systems” that Border Patrol uses. (Link at cbp.gov)
Report on Internal Investigations and Employee Accountability FY2022
Published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on December 8, 2023.
Finds that CBP took 1,751 formal disciplinary actions against members of its 60,000-person workforce in fiscal year 2022, 13 percent fewer than in 2021. (link at cbp.gov)
Mobile Nonintrusive Inspection Systems
Published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on October 10, 2023.
The current status of mobile NII technology and proposals for enhancing it. (Link at dhs.gov)
CBP Needs to Improve Its Video and Audio Coverage at Land Ports of Entry
Published by the DHS Office of Inspector-General on September 25, 2023.
Finds deficiencies and inadequacies in CBP’s video and audio surveillance systems. (Link at oig.dhs.gov)
Strategy for Combating Illicit Opioids
Published by ICE Homeland Security Investigations on September 19, 2023.
Billed as “an intelligence-driven approach to disrupting and dismantling transnational criminal- organizations (TCOs) and keeping dangerous substances, like illicit fentanyl driving the overdose epidemic, off America’s streets.” (Link at dhs.gov)
Filing of Juvenile Care Monitor Report by Dr. Paul H. Wise
Published by the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on September 15, 2023.
A court-appointed monitor voices concerns about aspects of CBP’s custody of migrant children, especially short-term separations from parents at times when processing is near capacity. (Link at courtlistener.com)
Results of Unannounced Inspections of CBP Holding Facilities in the El Paso Area
Published by the DHS Office of Inspector-General on September 15, 2023.
Visits to El Paso CBP holding facilities at a time of high migration found “compliance with standards such as segregating males, females, and juveniles; managing property; providing regularly scheduled meals and showers; and maintaining cleanliness of holding rooms” to be “inconsistent.” (link at oig.dhs.gov)
Homeland Security: Office of Intelligence and Analysis Should Improve Privacy Oversight and Assessment of Its Effectiveness
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on September 12, 2023.
Finds that the DHS intelligence office needs to do more “to protect the privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties of U.S. persons.” (Link at gao.gov)
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Has Emboldened Cartels, Criminals, and America’s Enemies Phase 2 Interim Report
The latest example of House Republicans using the border situation to build a case against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. (Link at homeland.house.gov)
DHS Does Not Have Assurance That All Migrants Can be Located Once Released into the United States
Published by the DHS Office of Inspector-General on September 6, 2023.
DHS is unable to track the whereabouts of asylum seekers and other migrants who get released into the U.S. interior from the border. (Link at oig.dhs.gov)
Southwest Border: Additional Actions Needed to Address Cultural and Natural Resource Impacts from Barrier Construction
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on September 5, 2023.
Finds that Trump-era border wall “construction harmed some cultural and natural resources, for example, by blasting at a tribal burial site and altering water flows.” (Link at gao.gov)
Corruption in CBP: A Retrospective Study of Cases
Published by CBP on August 30, 2023.
CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility shares a study of corruption cases between 2005 and 2017, along with structured interviews, to determine patterns and causes of corruption. (Link at cbp.gov)