U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) partially failed to fully comply with federal and departmental guidance for monitoring and overseeing dozens of transportation contracts relating to illegal immigrants, resulting in more than $1 million dollars in wasted payments and expenditures from October 2019 through April 2022, according to a new report.
The report (pdf), published Sept. 24 by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General, is based on interviews with ICE personnel responsible for contract oversight and management, and on-site visits to the ICE Field Office in San Antonio, Texas; ICE’s Juvenile and Family Management Transportation and Compliance Unit in McAllen, Texas; and ICE Air Operations at Mesa, Arizona, where DHS officials observed contract operations.
