Published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on August 11, 2023.
A congressionally mandated update about improvements to Border Patrol facilities. (Link at dhs.gov)
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Published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on August 11, 2023.
A congressionally mandated update about improvements to Border Patrol facilities. (Link at dhs.gov)
Published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on August 1, 2023.
An update about CBP’s deployment of body-worn cameras and video recording systems. (Link at dhs.gov)
Published by the Department of Homeland Security on June 1, 2023.
A quarterly report to Congress with statistics and other official data about border security and migration. (Link at dhs.gov)
Published by the Department of Homeland Security on May 23, 2023.
A compendium of information about U.S. law enforcement and migration agencies’ activities at the border during the quarter. (Link at dhs.gov)
Published by the Department of Homeland Security on March 27, 2023.
A spending plan for the CBP and ICE “operations and support” accounts. (Link at dhs.gov)
Published by the District Court of the Western District of Louisiana on March 16, 2023.
Regular filing with recent statistical information about migration at the U.S.-Mexico border, including Title 42 exemptions granted at border ports of entry. (Link at courtlistener.com)
Published by the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice on February 23, 2023.
The Biden administration’s draft rule proposing limits on access to asylum after the end of the Title 42 pandemic policy. (Link at federalregister.gov)
Published by the Department of Homeland Security on February 6, 2022.
The main revisions concern chokeholds and no-knock warrants. (Link at dhs.gov)
Published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on February 6, 2023.
“Includes statistical data on a total of 151 deaths, which occurred during FY 2021, including 55 in-custody deaths, 53 reportable CBP-involved deaths, and 43 additional deaths that Appropriations staff requested OPR to review.” (Original link)
Published by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector-General on February 1, 2023.
Narrates what is known about deaths in the agencies’ custody during fiscal 2021, including five cases of deaths in CBP custody. (Original link)
Published by the Consulate of Mexico in San Diego on January 27, 2023.
Lists 100 Mexican nationals killed, and 555 injured, while crossing from the Tijuana area to the San Diego area 2020-2022. (Original link)
Published by the Texas Attorney General on January 24, 2023.
Complaint filed by 20 GOP-governed states’ attorneys-general opposing the Biden administration’s humanitarian parole program. (Original link)
Published by the Department of Homeland Security on January 19, 2023.
A compendium of information about U.S. law enforcement and migration agencies’ activities at the border during the quarter. (Link at dhs.gov)
Published by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on December 30, 2022.
Annual report notes that ICE removals increased sharply in 2022, because of an increase in CBP handovers of migrants apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. (Original link)
Updates about implementation of several technology and surveillance programs along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Link at dhs.gov)
Published by the U.S. Western District of Louisiana District Court on November 22, 2022.
In their suit to preserve Title 42, Republican state officials argue against the Biden administration’s granting of humanitarian exceptions to the pandemic expulsion authority. (Original link)
Published by Customs and Border Protection on November 14, 2022.
Describes units like the Special Operations Group, BORSTAR, the Border Patrol Tactical Unit, Mobile Response Team, and others. (Link at dhs.gov)
Published by the Department of Homeland Security on November 2, 2022.
A compendium of information about U.S. law enforcement and migration agencies’ activities at the border during the quarter. (Link at dhs.gov)
Published by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on October 18, 2022.
Explains the process, instituted on October 12, 2022, whereby up to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants can apply to receive humanitarian parole in the United States.
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on October 17, 2022.
Examines Border Patrol’s rapid releases of asylum seekers without initiating immigration proceedings. 75 percent of those released did report to ICE offices. (Original link)
Published by the DHS Office of Inspector-General on September 29, 2022.
Among findings: “Border Patrol held 1,164 detainees in custody in four facilities longer than specified in the National Standards on Transport, Escort, Detention, and Search (TEDS), which generally limit detention in these facilities to 72 hours.” (Original link)
Finds that operational challenges within the Office of Refugee Resettlement “hindered case management” at an emergency site at Fort Bliss, Texas in 2021, “which may have adversely affected unaccompanied children’s safety and well-being.” (Original link)
Published by the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts on September 20, 2022.
Lawsuit filed on behalf of migrants whom Florida’s state government arranged to put on a plane to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts in September 2022. (Original link)
Published by the DHS Office of Inspector-General on September 19, 2022.
“We found that Border Patrol did not issue A-numbers for 107 of 384 migrants, most of whom were paroled into the country or issued Notices to Report.” (Original link)
Published by the DHS Office of Inspector-General on September 13, 2022.
Based on unannounced inspections of four Border Patrol holding facilities, the Inspector-General looks at reasons why the agency is inconsistent in how it handles migrants after processing. (Original link)