Department of Homeland Security

In May 2023, we conducted unannounced inspections of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities in the San Diego area, specifically four U.S. Border Patrol facilities and one Office of Field Operations (OFO) port of entry (POE). At the time of our inspection, Border Patrol and OFO held 1...

The attached report presents the results of an integrated audit of the Department of Homeland Security’s consolidated financial statements for fiscal years 2023 and 2022 and internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2023. This audit is required by the Chief Financial Officers Act...

During our ongoing audit to determine the extent to which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) manages and secures its mobile devices, we identified thousands of mobile applications installed by ICE employees, contractors, and other DHS agency 1 employees on ICEmanaged mobile devices...

In November 2022, we conducted unannounced inspections of six U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities in the Miami area, specifically two Border Patrol stations and four Office of Field Operations ports of entry. Our inspections found the CBP facilities generally met the National...

During our limited-scope, unannounced inspection of Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center (Mesa Verde) in Bakersfield, California, we found that the facility complied with standards for the voluntary work program, facility conditions, and grievances. However, the facility did not accurately report or...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) did not fully implement the requirements of the Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act. Specifically, CBP did not: • issue a component-wide policy to safely handle potential synthetic opioids; • make naloxone available or readily accessible to...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) did not fully implement the requirements of the Synthetic Opioid Exposure Prevention and Training Act. Specifically, CBP did not: • issue a component-wide policy to safely handle potential synthetic opioids; • make naloxone available or readily accessible to...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the United States Secret Service (Secret Service) did not adhere to Department privacy policies or develop sufficient policies before procuring and using commercial telemetry data (CTD). Specifically, the...

From February 28 to March 2, 2023, we conducted unannounced inspections of four U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities in the Laredo area, specifically three Border Patrol stations and one Office of Field Operations port of entry. Our inspection revealed instances of high time in...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) did not consistently target for additional inspection or evaluate potentially inadmissible international mail entering the United States through its nine International Mail Facilities (IMFs). Although IMFs faced challenges targeting mail and examining...