Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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In today's Federal Newscast, Raphael Sanchez, former chief counsel for Immigration and Custom Enforcement's Office of Principal Legal Advisor used the identities of undocumented immigrants to open fraudulent lines of credit.
July 02, 2018 -
Customs and Border Protection is still losing more border patrol agents faster than the agency can hire new ones, said Mark Borkowski, the agency's chief acquisition officer.
June 18, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office polled nine acting inspectors general and their staffs to find out how operations are effected by not having a permanent IG in place.
March 13, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Personnel Management told agencies they may need to be flexible when applying retroactive pay for federal employees during the most recent government shutdown.
February 19, 2018 -
Last night's State of the Union speech, the first for President Trump, added to a long and somewhat predictable tradition.
January 31, 2018 -
The Trump administration's request for an additional $18 billion over 10 years to build a border wall is riling up some Democrats, as Congress continues negotiations over a spending deal by Jan. 19.
January 08, 2018 -
Policy experts say CBP needs to implement major border patrol discipline and performance improvements before increasing its workforce.
December 18, 2017 -
DHS' headquarters consolidation project is bleeding money, behind schedule and doing anything but bringing components together.
December 11, 2017 -
FEMA's deputy CIO said the agency's response during the 2017 hurricane season could give it leverage in asking for more resources.
October 30, 2017 -
A little-known unit of Customs and Immigration Enforcement specializes in tracking down criminals on the darknet.
October 23, 2017 -
The Homeland Security Department spent 40 percent of its budget on personnel costs in fiscal 2016. That share may continue to rise, as the department attempts to hire 10,000 new immigration officers and 5,000 border patrol agents to meet the Trump administration's priorities. But DHS leaders say data analytics, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things will need to play a bigger role.
May 10, 2017 -
The Homeland Security Department's inspector general found Immigration and Customs Enforcement doesn't do a good job managing how it supervises and deports so-called non-detained aliens. John Shiffer, chief inspector in the Homeland Security Office of Inspector General, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 09, 2017 -
Agencies were scored for how easy it is to find and use email records, established email policies, and employee training. Agencies were also scored on whether there is a low, medium or high risk of not managing email effectively.
April 10, 2017 -
President Donald Trump wants to hire 5,000 more Border Patrol agents and 10,000 more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. However, federal law enforcement representatives told lawmakers on Wednesday their organizations have too many managers and not enough staff-level employees.
March 22, 2017 -
The White House is also requesting a $3 billion boost to the Homeland Security Department, along with an additional $30 billion in defense and Overseas Contingency Operations funding for fiscal 2017. Civilian agencies would shoulder $18 billion in spending cuts. The additional funding for DHS would help the department prepare and enact the President's executive orders on border security and immigration.
March 16, 2017