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Retention Memo to CBP for CRCL Investigation Concerning Rio Grande Valley Sector

In July 2014 and July 2018, CRCL conducted onsite investigations in the Rio Grande Valley Sector. Soon after the 2014 investigation, CRCL provided U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with informal preliminary findings and recommendations, and, in September 2017, CRCL submitted to CBP a formal report and recommendations memorandum. Following the 2018 investigation, during which CRCL enlisted the assistance of an expert in conditions of detention, CRCL provided CBP with an expert report and recommendations.

Last Updated: | Testimony

Written testimony of DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson for a Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing titled “Review of the President’s Emergency Supplemental Request”

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson reviews the Department’s efforts to address the recent rise of unaccompanied children and adults with children crossing the southwest border in the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas.

Last Updated: | Testimony

Written testimony of FEMA, CBP, and ICE for a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing titled “Challenges at the Border: Examining the Causes, Consequences, and Responses to the Rise in Apprehensions at the Southern Border”

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowski, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Winkowski review the Department’s efforts to address the recent rise of unaccompanied children and others crossing our border in the Rio Grande Valley.

Last Updated: | Testimony

Written testimony of CBP for a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing titled “Crisis on the Texas Border: Surge of Unaccompanied Minors”

At a field hearing in McAllen, Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Border Patrol - Rio Grande Valley Sector Chief Patrol Agent Kevin Oaks reviews CBP’s efforts to address the recent rise of unaccompanied children and others crossing our border in the Rio Grande Valley.

Last Updated: | Testimony

Written testimony of CBP and ICE for a House Committee on the Judiciary hearing titled “An Administration Made Disaster: The South Texas Border Surge of Unaccompanied Alien Minors”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Border Patrol Deputy Chief Ron Vitiello and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations Executive Associate Director Thomas Homan review the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to address the recent rise of unaccompanied children and others crossing the U.S. border in the Rio Grande Valley.

Last Updated: | Testimony

Written testimony of DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson for a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing titled “Dangerous Passage: The Growing Problem of Unaccompanied Children Crossing the Border”

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson addresses the recent rise of unaccompanied children and others crossing the U.S. border in the Rio Grande Valley.