Yesterday the Inspector General’s office came out with a scathing report on Joe and Kamala’s catch and release program that’s allowed at least ten million illegals to be released into the country.
Today DHS Secretary Mayorkas attacked the Inspector General’s office and claimed the report wasn’t accurate:
“The Inspector General’s report contains inaccurate statements, lacks important context, and is misleading about the Department’s efforts to verify the identity of noncitizens seeking entry into the United States and screening noncitizens flying domestically. DHS rejects the OIG’s core recommendations because they are premised on a fundamental misunderstanding of our policies and processes…”
Radical leftists hate accountability because they don’t care about the rule of law.
So what did the IG report say?
Via Bill Melugin:
NEW: In a new, heavily redacted DHS Inspector General report, the IG finds that “CBP, ICE, and TSA did not fully assess risks associated w/ releasing noncitizens without ID into the U.S. and allowing them to travel on domestic flights.”
Key finding: “Under current processes, CBP… pic.twitter.com/mgOACAWu98
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) October 2, 2024
In a new, heavily redacted DHS Inspector General report, the IG finds that “CBP, ICE, and TSA did not fully assess risks associated w/ releasing noncitizens without ID into the U.S. and allowing them to travel on domestic flights.”
Key finding: “Under current processes, CBP and ICE cannot ensure they are keeping high-risk noncitizens without identification from entering the country. Additionally, TSA cannot ensure its vetting and screening procedures prevent high-risk noncitizens who may pose a threat to the flying public from boarding domestic flights.”
More highlights below 👇🏻
The IG says that according to federal law, “noncitizens without ID are not admissible into the country and “shall be detained,” but that CBP and ICE are permitted to release noncitizens into the U.S. based on various circumstances.
The report says CBP and ICE accept “self reported biographical information, which they use to give migrants immigration forms, who are then able to get on domestic flights, even if they don’t have ID.
The IG says he asked DHS for data on the number of noncitizens who did not have ID and were released into the U.S. between fiscal years 2021-2023, but CBP and ICE were unable to provide the data because they don’t log whether a noncitizen had ID in their databases. The OIG adds that “immigration officers we interviewed acknowledged the risks of allowing noncitizens without ID into the country.”
The report finds that the TSA relies on data and background checks on noncitizens from CBP and ICE to determine if someone is a threat, but if that data is incomplete, “TSA’s methods to screen individuals who pose a threat would not necessarily prevent these individuals from boarding flights.”
I think this sounds consistent with the reporting on this over the years. It’s been known that, especially at the border, DHS has limited information to do background checks on people coming in from other countries. Meaning DHS simply doesn’t have enough information on many of these criminals that they let into the country, putting our safety at risk. Which is why ICE has to go round them up when they get updated information on their crimes. And sometimes it’s just too late.
You can read the full redacted report here.
