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Department of Homeland Security
CBP’s Lack of Familial DNA Testing Limits Detection of Fraudulent Relationships
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has conducted almost no familial deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing to verify biological parent-child relationships, potentially missing opportunities to protect vulnerable migrant children from human smuggling fraud schemes. From September 2021 to September 2024, CBP conducted 314 familial DNA tests on about 0.01 percent of the 2.7 million aliens who crossed the border claiming to be part of a family unit. CBP did not increase familial DNA testing even after limited testing revealed more than 14 percent of administered tests indicated no biological relationship.
Financial Audit of Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development Foundation, Rural Economic Development - New Economic Opportunities Project in Armenia, Cooperative Agreement 72011119CA00001, January 1 to December 31, 2023
Each year, increased mail volume during the U.S. Postal Service’s peak season —Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve — significantly strains its processing and distribution network. In our prior reports, we discussed how Postal Service management developed a preparedness plan to address the strain with the right amount of personnel, resources, and capacity throughout its network.
DOJ Press Release: Philadelphia Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Targeting U.S. Army Servicemembers in Conspiracy to Commit Identity Theft and Cyberstalking
Close-out Audit of the Schedule of Expenditures of Co-Impact, Shared Workplaces, Shared Society Program in West Bank and Gaza, Cooperative Agreement 72029421CA00010, January 1, 2023, to September 28, 2023
