U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field operations (OFO) personnel at ports of entry had separated 60 asylum-seeking families between May 6 and July 9, 2018, despite CBP’s claim that it had separated only 7 such families. More than half of those separations were based solely on the asylum-seeking parents’ prior non-violent immigration violations, which appeared to be inconsistent with official DHS public messaging. After a June 27, 2018 court ruling, CBP issued specific guidance, and the ports separated fewer families in the prior months. Despite the new guidance, we continue to have concerns about DHS’ ability to accurately identify and address all family separations due to data reliability issues. In late June 2018, CBP modified its system for tracking aliens at the ports of entry to capture family separation data consistently, but it could not provide a reliable number of families separated before June 2018. We made one recommendation that will help CBP’s data collection. CBP concurred with our recommendation
| Report Date | Agency Reviewed / Investigated | Report Title | Type | Location | |
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| Department of Homeland Security | CBP Separated More Asylum-Seeking Families at Ports of Entry Than Reported and For Reasons Other Than Those Outlined in Public Statements | Inspection / Evaluation | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Architect of the Capitol | Audit of the Cannon House Office Building Renewal (CHOBr) Project’s Contract Modifications | Audit |
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View Report | |
| Department of the Interior | Investigation Into Alleged Ethics Misconduct by the Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs | Investigation | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| AmeriCorps | Semiannual Report to Congress: October 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020 | Semiannual Report | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Semiannual Report: October 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 | Semiannual Report | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Corporation for Public Broadcasting | Semiannual Report, Office of the Inspector General Operations and Audit Resolution Activities, October 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020 | Semiannual Report | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Social Security Administration | 2020 Spring Semiannual Report to Congress | Semiannual Report | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| General Services Administration | Semiannual Report to the Congress (October 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020) | Semiannual Report | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Consumer Product Safety Commission | Semiannual Report to Congress October 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020 | Semiannual Report | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | Semiannual Report to Congress: October 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020 | Semiannual Report | Agency-Wide | View Report | |
