Oversight Area: Immigration

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Date Issued Report Number Report Title
09/08/16 OIG-16-130 Potentially Ineligible Individuals Have Been Granted U.S.Citizenship Because of Incomplete Fingerprint Records (PDF, 24 pages - 2.32 MB)
07/21/16 OIG-16-113-VR ICE Still Struggles to Hire and Retain Staff for Mental Health Cases in Immigration Detention (PDF, 15 pages - 855 KB)
03/09/16 OIG-16-48 USCIS Automation of Immigration Benefits Processing Remains Ineffective (PDF, 67 pages - 3.82 MB)
01/04/16 OIG-16-17 ICE and USCIS Could Improve Data Quality and Exchange to Help Identify Potential Human Trafficking Cases (PDF, 27 pages - 994 KB)
04/09/15 OIG-15-57 ICE Air Transportation of Detainees Could Be More Effective (PDF, 32 pages - 1.52 MB)
02/04/15 OIG-15-22 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Alternatives to Detention (Revised) (PDF, 38 pages - 1.61 MB)
09/10/14 OIG-14-137 The DHS Visa Security Program (PDF, 42 pages - 1.66 MB)
Spotlight (PDF, 1 page - 159 KB)
08/07/14 OIG-14-116 ICE's Release of Immigration Detainees (Revised) (PDF, 48 pages - 2.26 MB)
Spotlight (PDF, 1 page - 159 KB)
07/03/14 OIG-14-112 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Information Technology Management Progress and Challenges (PDF, 36 pages - 1.34 MB)
Spotlight (PDF, 1 page - 156 KB)
06/23/14 OIG-12-66 Communication Regarding Participation in Secure Communities (Revised) (PDF, 37 pages – 1.29 MB)
04/29/14 OIG-14-85 Information Technology Management Letter for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Component of the FY 2013 Department of Homeland Security’s Financial Statement Audit (PDF, 17 pages - 465 KB)
Spotlight (PDF, 1 page - 159 KB)
04/25/14 OIG-14-80 Information Technology Management Letter for the USCIS Component of the FY 2013 DHS Financial Statement Audit (PDF, 16 pages - 387 KB)
Spotlight (PDF, 1 page - 203 KB)
02/12/14 OIG-14-36 USCIS Controls To Ensure Employers Sponsoring H-1B and L-1 Employees Pay Applicable Border Security Fee (PDF, 27 pages - 1.29 MB)
Spotlight (PDF, 1 page - 155 KB)
12/12/13 OIG-14-19 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Employment-Based Fifth Preference (EB-5) Regional Center Program (PDF, 40 pages - 2.26 MB)
Spotlight (PDF, 1 page - 158 KB)
08/15/13 OIG-13-107 Implementation of L-1 Visa Regulations (PDF, 50 pages - 978 KB)
Spotlight (PDF, 1 page - 158 KB)
06/12/13 OIG-13-97 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Tracking and Monitoring of Potentially Fraudulent Petitions and Applications for Family-Based Immigration Benefits (PDF, 12 pages - 736 KB)
Spotlight (PDF, 1 page - 121 KB)
12/07/12 OIG-13-11 Improvements Needed for SAVE To Accurately Determine Immigration Status of Individuals Ordered Deported (Revised) (PDF, 23 pages – 884 KB)
Spotlight (PDF, 1 page - 160 KB)
11/02/12 OIG-13-07 The Visa Waiver Program (PDF, 27 pages – 919 KB)
Spotlight (PDF, 1 page - 154 KB)
09/26/12 OIG-12-130 The Performance of 287(g) Agreements FY 2012 Follow-Up (PDF, 15 pages – 508 KB)
Spotlight (PDF, 1 page - 157 KB)
05/21/12 OIG-12-84 Free and Secure Trade Program – Continued Driver Eligibility (PDF, 22 pages – 898 KB)

Spotlight (PDF, 1 page - 157 KB)

12/23/11 OIG-11-81 Supervision of Aliens Commensurate with Risk (PDF, 26 pages - 507 KB)
11/23/11 OIG-12-12 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Progress in Transformation (PDF 27 pages - 8.12 MB)
Spotlight (PDF 1 page - 285 KB)

09/30/11

OIG-11-119

The Performance of 287(g) Agreements FY 2011 Update (PDF, 49 pages - 2.99 MB)

09/29/11 OIG-11-100 DHS Detainee Removals and Reliance on Assurances (PDF, 38 pages - 1.19 MB)

08/25/11 

OIG-11-105 

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ Adjudication of Petitions for Nonimmigrant Workers (I-129 Petitions for H-1B and H-2B visas) (PDF, 11 pages - 674 KB) 

05/24/11 OIG-11-85 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Privacy Stewardship  (PDF, 46 pages – 3.01MB)
03/28/11 OIG-11-62 Management of Mental Health Cases in Immigration Detention (PDF, 56 pages - 13 MB) 
04/29/08 OIG-08-09 Review of the USCIS Benefit Fraud Referral Process (PDF, 59 pages - 682 KB)
03/01/08 OIG-08-18 The Removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria (Redacted) (PDF, 50 pages - 3.78MB)
04/23/07 OIG-07-40 A Review of CBP and ICE Responses to Recent Incidents of Chinese Human Smuggling in Maritime Cargo Containers (Redacted) (PDF, 52 pages - 1.67 MB)
04/13/07 OIG-07-38 DHS' Progress In Addressing Coordination Challenges Between Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, (PDF, 57 pages - 2.5 MB)
03/05/07 OIG-07-34 An Assessment of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Fugitive Operations Teams(PDF, 68 pages - 2.97 MB)
02/09/07 OIG-07-28 ICE's Compliance With Detention Limits for Aliens With a Final Order of Removal From the United States (PDF,  63 pages - 4.07 MB)
12/22/06 OIG-07-01 Treatment of Immigration Detainees Housed at Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facilities, (PDF, 59 pages - 1.75 MB)
11/30/06 OIG-07-11 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Progress in Modernizing Information Technology, (PDF, 36 pages - 332 KB)
11/16/06 OIG-07-08 Review of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Detainee Tracking Process, (PDF, 17 pages - 350 KB)
06/23/06 OIG-06-43 Review of CBP Actions Taken to Intercept Suspected Terrorists at U.S. Ports of Entry,  (PDF, 11 Pages - 72 KB)
04/14/06 OIG-06-33 Detention and Removal of Illegal Aliens, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),  (PDF,  52 pages - 2.74 MB)
01/01/06 OIG-06-22 Reviews of Vulnerabilities and Potential Abuses of the L-1 Visa Program,  (PDF, 43 pages - 2.75 MB)
11/01/05 OIG-06-06 A Review of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Alien Security Checks,   (PDF, 52 pages - 878 KB)
11/01/05 OIG-06-04 An Assessment of the Proposal to Merge Customs and Border Protection with Immigration and Customs Enforcement,  (PDF, 175 pages - 6.2 MB)
09/01/05 OIG-05-50 Review of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's, Compliance Enforcement Unit (PDF, 49 pages - 426 KB) 
09/01/05 OIG-05-49 USCIS Approval of H-1B Petitions Exceeded 65,000 Cap in Fiscal Year 2005 (PDF, 38 pages - 1.66 MB)

09/01/05

OIG-05-45

A Review of DHS' Responsibilities For Juvenile Aliens (PDF, 58 pages - 2.71 MB)

09/01/05 OIG-05-41 USCIS Faces Challenges in Modernizing Information Technology (PDF, 56 pages - 1.87 MB)
07/01/05 OIG-05-28 Improvements Needed in Security Management of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services' CLAIMS 3 Mainframe Financial Application (PDF, 25 pages - 623 KB)
06/14/05 OIG-05-25 Letter Report:  Citizenship Test Redesign (PDF, 11 pages - 122 KB)
06/10/05 OIG-05-24 Letter Report:  Immigration Enforcement Agent Position (PDF, 5 pages - 89 KB)
02/01/05 OIG-05-11 Implementation of the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program at Land Border Ports of Entry  (PDF, 42 pages - 1.3 KB)
12/01/04 OIG-05-07 A Review of the Use of Stolen Passports from Visa Waiver Countries to Enter the United States  (PDF, 46 pages - 6.6 MB)
08/01/04 OIG-04-33 An Evaluation of DHS Activities to Implement Section 428 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, August 2004 (PDF, 54 pages - 1.5 MB)
04/01/04 OIG-04-26 An Evaluation of the Security Implications of the Visa Waiver Program, April 2004 (PDF, 52 pages - 1.4 MB)
03/01/04 OIG-04-18 Open Inspector General Recommendations Concerning the Former Immigration and Naturalization Service from Unaccompanied Juveniles in INS Custody, A Report by the Department of Justice Inspector General, March 2004 (PDF, 20 pages - 392 KB)

 

 

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