Information from the U.S. or other governments
Published by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector-General on August 24, 2020.
Examines two incidents of cross-border use of tear gas and other crowd control measures during the arrival of a “migrant caravan” in Tijuana, and finds only minor wrongdoing. (Link at oig.dhs.gov)
Published by the U.S. Department of Justice on August 20, 2020.
An indictment, on fraud charges, of principals from “We Build the Wall,” a non-profit that sought to build sections of private border wall using donors’ money. (Link at justice.gov)
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)
Published by the Inter-American Human Rights Commission on July 23, 2020.
The Commission finds admissible the case of Anastasio Hernandez, a Mexican citizen who was violently beaten and tasered to death by CBP agents on May 31, 2010.
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)
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)
Published by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General on July 14, 2020.
Finds major, basic shortcomings in CBP’s planning and purchasing as it built Donald Trump’s border wall.
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)
Publicado por la Unidad de Política Migratoria, Secretaría de Gobernación en junio de 2020.
The Mexican government’s collection of 2019 statistics on migrant apprehensions, deportations, deportations from the United States, and other data. (Link at segob.gob.mx)
Published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on May 29, 2020.
A request for proposals “seeking further product improvements to the anti-climb/anti-cut features of the border wall barrier.”
Published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2020.
Text of the “safe third country” agreement between the United States and Honduras. (Link at federalregister.gov)
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)
Published by the U.S. Senate on April 8, 2020.
Raises concerns about allegations of CBP mistreatment of pregnant people in its custody. (Link at blumenthal.senate.gov)
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on March 18, 2020.
GAO “found that separations from June 2018 through March 2019 weren’t accurately tracked—and agents inconsistently recorded details.” (link at gao.gov)
Published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office on March 18, 2020.
GAO finds that when DHS components fail to share information with each other on apprehended migrant families, the Department “risks removing individuals from the country who may be eligible for relief or protection based on their family relationships.” (link at gao.gov)
Published by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on March 6, 2020.
Democratic members of the Foreign Affairs Committee include some new information in a lengthy information request to the State Department about “Safe Third Country Agreements.” (link at foreignaffairs.house.gov)
Published by the White House Office of National Drug Control Strategy on February 20, 2020.
A brief White House document laying out a strategy for “significantly decreasing the availability of illicit drugs in America’s communities trafficked across our southwest border.” (link at whitehouse.gov)
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)
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)
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)
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.
Published by the Drug Enforcement Administration on January 30, 2020.
DEA’s annual overview of principal illicit drug threats, which includes some information about drug flows at the U.S.-Mexico border. (link at dea.gov)
Published by the Department of Homeland Security on January 3, 2020.
How CBP and ICE intend to collect and process DNA samples. (Link at dhs.gov)
