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In fiscal year 2011, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported data meeting its goal to secure the land border with a decrease in apprehensio...
Issues Related to State Voter Identification Laws
The authority to regulate U.S. elections is shared by federal, state, and local officials. Congress has addressed major functional areas in the voting...
Issues Related to Private Property Damage
Persons illegally crossing the United States' southwest border and corresponding law enforcement activity may, at times, result in private property da...
Goals and Measures Not Yet in Place to Inform Border Security Status and Resource Needs: Congressional Testimony
Statement of Rebecca Gambler, Dir., Homeland Security and Justice Issues, GAO. Within the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Pr...
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DHS Needs to Assess Risks and Strengthen Oversight Functions
preliminary observations on DHS's overstay enforcement efforts : testimony before the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives
Additional Efforts Needed to Address Persistent Challenges in Achieving Radio Interoperability
The lack of communications interoperability -- the capability of different electronic communications systems (e.g., radios) to readily connect with on...
DHS Needs to Assess Risks and Strengthen Oversight Functions. Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-12-572
As of January 2012, more than 850,000 active foreign students were in the United States enrolled at over 10,000 U.S. schools. ICE, within DHS, is resp...
DHS Needs to Assess Risks and Strengthen Oversight of Foreign Students with Employment Authorization
As of Nov. 2013, about 100,000 of the approx. 1 million foreign students in the U.S. were approved to participate in optional practical training (OPT)...
progress and challenges in DHS implementation and assessment efforts : testimony before the Subcommittee on National Security, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives
Additional Actions Needed to Strengthen CBP Efforts to Mitigate Risk of Employee Corruption and Misconduct
Key Elements of New Strategic Plan Not Yet in Place to Inform Border Security Status and Resource Needs : Report Ot Congressional Requesters
Within DHS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Border Patrol has primary responsibility for securing the border between ports of entry, and re...
Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Collaborative Mechanisms Along the Southwest Border
According to the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Arizona and South Texas represent some of the hig...
DHS's Progress and Challenges in Securing U.S. Borders : Statement for the Record to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate
additional actions needed to improve planning for a biometric air exit system : testimony before the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives
DHS Has Made Progress in Planning for a Biometric Air Exit System and Reporting Overstays, But Challenges Remain : Report to the Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate
Each year, millions of visitors come to the United States. Overstays are individuals lawfully admitted on a temporary basis who then remain in the cou...
CBP Action Needed to Improve Wait Time Data and Measure Outcomes of Trade Facilitation Efforts
Trade with Mexico is important to the U.S. economy. Most of this trade crosses the border by truck, and long waits at border crossings can negatively ...
DHS's Progress and Challenges in Security U.S. Borders : Statement for the Record to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate
Additonal Actions Needed to Better Assess Fraud Risks and Report Economic Benefits
Congress created the Employment-Based Fifth Preference Immigrant Investor Program (EB-5 Program) visa category to promote job creation by immigrant in...
additional actions needed to strengthen management and assess effectiveness : report to congressional requesters
In recent years, nearly half of all annual apprehensions of illegal entrants along the southwest border have occurred along the Arizona border. Under ...
Issues Related to Private Property Damage : Report to Congressional Requesters
Reorganization Resulted in Workforce Reassignments at Hanscom Air Force Base, But Other Possible Effects Are Not Yet Known
Electronic command and control systems (ESC), which rely on technologies such as radar, satellite, and electronic surveillance, play a critical role i...
Partnership Agreements and Enhanced Oversight Could Strengthen Coordination of Efforts on Indian Reservations
Individuals seeking to enter the U.S. illegally may attempt to avoid screening procedures at ports of entry by crossing the border in areas between th...
Additional Actions Could Strengthen DHS Efforts to Address Sexual Abuse
In 2003 Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) to protect individuals against sexual abuse and assault in confinement settings, includ...
The Department of Homeland Security's Review of U. S. Customs and Border Protection's Use and Compliance with Privacy and Civil L
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), within the Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS), is responsible for securing U.S. borders to prevent acts of ter...
Gaps in State Department Management of Security Training May Increase Risk to U. S. Personnel
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has taken steps to address GAO's recommendations aimed at ensuring officers are fully trained