Office of Inspector General Archives

Government Watchdog Finds Hundreds of Parents Separated by Trump Never Given Opportunity to Reunify

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | May 27, 2021 | Border Enforcement, Enforcement | 0

Arizona ICE Detention Center Violated COVID-19 Safety Protocols by Refusing to Provide Masks or Enforce Social Distancing

by Katy Murdza | Apr 6, 2021 | Abuses, Detention, Enforcement | 0

USCIS Wants To Increase the Amount of Biometric Data It Collects by Over 60%

by Jorge Loweree | Sep 9, 2020 | Benefits & Relief | 0

Inspector General Report Overlooks Serious Medical Care Issues Within Border Patrol Custody

by Alecs Cook | Jun 30, 2020 | Abuses, Border Enforcement, Enforcement | 0

The Government Said It Wouldn’t Separate Families at Ports of Entry. It Was Lying.

by Katie Shepherd | Jun 10, 2020 | Abuses, Border Enforcement, Enforcement | 0

Government Watchdog Says US Officials Were Unprepared to Address Children’s Trauma After Family Separation

by Katie Rane | Sep 19, 2019 | Abuses, Border Enforcement, Enforcement | 0

ICE Quietly Expands Immigration Detention in the Deep South

by Katie Shepherd | Jul 18, 2019 | Abuses, Detention, Enforcement | 0

No Help “Unless We’re Dying.” Immigrants Present Evidence of Inadequate Medical Care in Detention

by Katie Shepherd | Jun 11, 2019 | Abuses, Detention, Enforcement | 0

People Forced to Stand on Toilets, Wear Soiled Clothing for Days at Border Patrol Facility

by Melissa Cruz | Jun 4, 2019 | Abuses, Asylum, Border Enforcement, Detention, Enforcement | 0

The internal watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found “dangerous overcrowding” and unsanitary conditions at a Border Patrol processing facility in El Paso, Texas during an unannounced inspection last month. The watchdog said conditions were so bad they posed an “immediate risk to the health and safety not just of the detainees, but […]

Immigrants Are Regularly Kept Locked up for Months After Deportation Orders

by Kristin Macleod-Ball | Mar 27, 2019 | Detention, Enforcement, How the Immigration System Works | 0

When the U.S. government orders that an immigrant in its custody must be deported, the person isn’t supposed to remain incarcerated for long. Yet the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) often does not deport people promptly. This means thousands of people suffer in detention for months after they’re ordered deported. This is what the DHS’s […]

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