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ICE’s Risk Classification Assessment Process Was Not Consistently Used to Prevent the Release of High-Risk Individuals

2024
OIG-24-31
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

ICE officers did not always perform risk classification assessments to ensure they appropriately detained or released noncitizens held in ICE custody. According to a 2012 email message from the Executive Associate Director, ICE officers are responsible for completing the risk classification...

CBP and ICE Did Not Have an Effective Process for Detaining and Removing Inadmissible Travelers at an International Airport (REDACTED)

2024
OIG-24-30
Inspection / Evaluation
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) International Airport office in , and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) office did not have an effective process for detaining and removing inadmissible travelers. Between fiscal years 2021 and 2023, CBP We conducted this evaluation to assess...

DHS Components Did Not Always Adhere to Internal Control Policies and Procedures for Ensuring That Bankcard Program Spending Limits Are Established Based on Procurement Needs

2023
OIG-23-35
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

Although the Department of Homeland Security and its components implemented internal controls to ensure Bankcard Program spending limits are established based on procurement needs, components did not always adhere to internal control policies and procedures. Of the 787 bankcard cardholder accounts...

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Funding: CBP Must Improve Processes for Addressing Critical Repairs at CBP-owned Land Ports of Entry

2024
OIG-24-32
Inspection / Evaluation
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spent $60 million of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) procurement, construction, and improvements (PC&I) funding on six contracts in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 to modernize and improve CBPowned land ports of entry (LPOEs). In FY 2022, CBP spent...

DHS Needs to Improve Its Screening and Vetting of Asylum Seekers and Noncitizens Applying for Admission into the United States (REDACTED)

2024
OIG-24-27
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

The Department of Homeland Security's technology, procedures, and coordination were not fully effective to screen and vet non citizens applying for admission into the United States or asylum seekers whose asylum applications were pending for an extended period. Although U.S. Customs and Border...

Results of an Unannounced Inspection of ICE's Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora, Colorado

2024
OIG-24-29
Inspection / Evaluation
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

During our unannounced inspection of U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Denver Contract Detention Facility (Denver) in Aurora, Colorado, we found that Denver’s staff complied with Performance-Based National Detention Standards 2011, revised in December 2016, for recreation, use of force...

Evaluation of OHS' Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2023

2024
OIG-24-26
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

We rated the Department of Homeland Security’s information security program for FY 2023 as “effective,” according to this year’s reporting instructions. We based this rating on our evaluation of the Department’s compliance with requirements of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of...

Evaluation of OHS' Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2023

2024
OIG-24-26
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

We rated the Department of Homeland Security’s information security program for FY 2023 as “effective,” according to this year’s reporting instructions. We based this rating on our evaluation of the Department’s compliance with requirements of the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of...

DHS' Fiscal Year 2023 Compliance with the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019

2024
OIG-24-25
Audit
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

Although the Department of Homeland Security has made improvements to reduce improper payments (IPs) and unknown payments (UPs), DHS did not comply with the Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) of 2019 for fiscal year 2023. According to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-123, an...

DHS Has a Fragmented Process for Identifying and Resolving Derogatory Information for Operation Allies Welcome Parolees

2024
OIG-24-24
Inspection / Evaluation
Department of Homeland Security OIG
Department of Homeland Security

Three Department of Homeland Security components—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)—have separate but interconnected processes for identifying and resolving derogatory information for...

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