OIG: CBP Separated Many More Families Than Reported
The Office of Inspector General at the Department of Homeland Security has found inconsistencies regarding family separations and their subsequent documentation. Keep Reading
OIG: DHS Lacked Technology Needed to Successfully Account for Separated Migrant Families
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) adopted various ad hoc methods to record and track family separations, but these methods led to widespread errors. Keep Reading
OIG: ‘Intense Trauma’ in Detained Child Migrants Caused by Separations, Home Countries
"Some separated children expressed acute grief that caused them to cry inconsolably. Children who did not understand why... suffered elevated levels of mental distress." Keep Reading
Trump Admin Reportedly Planned Mass Arrests of Migrants Opposed by Purged DHS Officials
The operation was intended as a show of force, and there would’ve been arrests and coordinated raids at homes with parents and children. Keep Reading
Nielsen Warns of ‘Dire’ Border Projections as House Dems Accuse Her of ‘No Empathy’
House Homeland Security chairman declares "the days of lax oversight of the department by this committee are over." Keep Reading
OIG: Total Number of Children Involved in Family Separations ‘Unknown’
And House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) did not mince words in his disapproval of the report. Keep Reading