Syracuse University’s Research Center: incriminating data on DHS-ICE’s deceptive practices available
“Only a handful of agencies said they have conducted annual audits to ensure their fleets are the right size. The Department of Homeland Security said it hasn't conducted a department-wide audit since the agency was created five years ago. The agency said it is “working toward that end” but doesn't yet have the resources to analyze its 41,000-vehicle fleet.” http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20080731-1039-unclesamscars.html
I wanted to start with a story that recently made headline news about “Uncle Sam” mismanaging its fleet – bad news for the average federal employee with rights and access to a government-owned vehicle (GOV) 24 hrs a day, 365 days a year with unlimited access to free gas. The GAO’s 2008 Fleet Report may cause the U.S. Congress to react. When I was active for almost 26 years with the federal government, I disliked reading about the possibility of losing my GOV. You can call me selfish, or whatever. However, now as a private tax-payer I am concerned about how our federal government is wasting billions of dollars, not only on the mismanagement of our fleet, but about how it just waste our tax-payers monies (billions of dollars).
The good news is that now the Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is fully operational with access to millions of federal records and information about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as well as other federal law enforcement agencies. Also with the good news, I am here to tell you that if you happen to be fighting ICE, FBI, DEA or ATF at the EEOC, MSPB, or your case is in federal court you can contact TRAC and ask (or have your attorney make the call), for their assistance.
One more thing, ICE and other DHS agencies claim that with the creation of DHS on October 4, 2003, Legacy U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS), and all of the other “old” agencies became “new agencies under DHS” – WRONG! DHS unfortunately kept the “old dirty luggage” – and basically the only thing that has changed is that moral has been at the lowest at ICE and Customs & Border Enforcement and that most of the great enforcement initiatives conducted by Customs are long gone. ICE has become nothing but "La Migra" - My understanding is that the old Customs’ Office of Investigation adopted the old INS’s travel system. I wish they would have adopted also the INS’ GS-1811 criminal investigator’s pay: journeymen level: GS-1811-11; first line supervisor: GS-1811-12; second level supervisor: GS-1811-13, Assistant Director for Investigations: GS-1811-14; and District Director: GS-15 (with no AUO).
I am posting what I considered the TRAC’s most valuable information available for our Narco News readers for easy access. I have been in contact with the TRAC’s staff at the Syracuse University and the message I got from them is that they are willing to help you with any needs you may have. The TRAC office is operated by social research scientists and attorneys.
As usual, I am providing a list of some of the most significant investigative reports by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), and the DHS’ Office of Inspector General under a reference caption. I also listed some news media reports regarding ICE’s mismanagement, waste, and abuse of authority etc. As usual, ICE always denies any wrongdoing. I assure you that the University of Syracuse is on track with their TRAC program.
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse - The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is a data gathering, data research and data distribution organization at Syracuse University.
TRAC's Purpose
The purpose of TRAC is to provide the American people — and institutions of oversight such as Congress, news organizations, public interest groups, businesses, scholars and lawyers — with comprehensive information about staffing, spending, and enforcement activities of the federal government. On a day-to-day basis, what are the agencies and prosecutors actually doing? Who are their employees and what are they paid? What do agency actions indicate about the priorities and practices of government? How do the activities of an agency or prosecutor in one community compare with those in a neighboring one or the nation as a whole? How have these activities changed over time? How does the record of one administration compare with the next? When the head of an agency or a district administrator changed, were there observable differences in actual enforcement priorities? When a new law was enacted or amended, what impact did it have on agency activities? http://trac.syr.edu/aboutTRACgeneral.html
“Immigration Enforcement: The Rhetoric, The Reality | |
An examination of millions of previously unavailable government records indicates that repeated official statements about the immigration enforcement efforts of the United States are misleading and may have contributed to a widespread public misunderstanding about the essential nature of this program. The new and well-documented view of the nation's massive immigration enforcement program has been made possible as a result of a Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) analysis of millions of detailed records obtained from the Immigration Courts (EOIR) under the Freedom of Information Act. These administrative courts, part of the Justice Department, are a key part of the government's program to deport or remove undocumented aliens as well as noncitizens who have been granted legal status to be in this country. The massive study of the administrative actions in the immigration courts has been supplemented by a separate examination of other records collected by the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys (EOUSA) that document criminal prosecutions in U.S. federal district courts. To TRAC's knowledge, such a broad inquiry of a core part of the nation's immigration regulation program through these two lenses has never previously been undertaken. Among the key findings of the study are the following:  Despite repeated claims by high officials of the Bush Administration that fighting terrorism has been the central mission of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since it began operating, the data show that in the last three years a claim of terrorism was made against only 12 (0.0015%) out of 814,073 individuals against whom the DHS has filed charges in the immigration courts.
A separate, but somewhat broader, grouping of immigration court cases concern what are called "national security" charges. Here, an examination of the data in the FY 2004 to 2006 period revealed that such charges were made against only 114, or 0.014% of the 800,000-plus individuals. When it comes to actual removals, the record is even smaller, with DHS being credited for only 37 such cases in the three year period. Similarly, while combating human traffickers, drug dealers, and other kinds of traditional criminals has also been repeatedly proclaimed as a central mission of the immigration enforcement agencies within the DHS, the records show that these kinds of allegations were made against only 13 out of 100 of all individuals charged in the courts since FY 2004. In fact, according to the detailed case-by-case information obtained from the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR), practically all the charges — 86.5% of them — involved a variety of immigration violations such as entering the U.S. without an inspection, not having a valid immigrant visa, or overstaying a student visa. The questions raised by the minuscule number of terrorism and national security charges brought in immigration court — the combined total only came to 126 — were reinforced by other findings. Focusing solely on the terrorism charges brought in the period, for example — 14 charges against 12 individuals — six were withdrawn by the DHS, one was not sustained, two are still pending, one was otherwise dealt with and only four were sustained. The apparent gap between DHS rhetoric about its role in fighting terrorism and what it actually has been doing also can be seen in different data that TRAC has obtained from the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys in the Justice Department. Here is the background. Depending on many factors such as the strength of the available evidence, DHS investigators can choose to recommend the criminal prosecution of individuals in federal district court rather than bringing administrative charges in the immigration courts. While the worst possible sanction in immigration court is deportation, an individual found guilty in federal district court can be sentenced to prison, sometimes for many years. As a result of investigations by all federal agencies — primarily the FBI — the Justice Department data show that during the FY 2004-2006 period a total of 620 prosecutions were filed against individuals categorized by the prosecutors as international terrorists, domestic terrorists or terrorism financiers. Of these 620 prosecutions, however, the data further show that the immigration enforcement components of DHS — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Citizen and Immigration Services (CIS) or the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) — were described as the lead investigative agencies in just a tiny fraction of the total. The numbers: only 28 individuals charged as international or domestic terrorists or for terrorism financing from FY 2004 to 2006 were referred by DHS investigators. The Justice Department data credited DHS assisting the FBI in three additional individual prosecutions bringing the total to 31. As is true of the terrorism convictions resulting from investigations by all federal agencies, the sentences credited to the DHS were not impressive. Of the 18 who so far have been found guilty, 8 of the convicted received no prison time, and only two were sentenced to as long as five years. See also the recent TRAC report on criminal terrorism prosecutions since 9/11/2001. Also, see http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/terrorism/169/ The Bottom Line Despite the constant official talk by ICE officials about its war on terrorism campaign, the data on national security and terrorism charges clearly show declining long term trends back to 1992. The incidents of 9/11/2001 and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security appear to have had little discernable impact on these trends.” http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/178/ http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/hsaa/monthlyapr08/gui/ http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/bulletins/hsaa/monthlyapr08/fil/ http://trac.syr.edu/cgi-bin/product/interpreter.pl?agenrevgrp=HSaa http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/facts/ http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/141/ http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/142/ http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/143/ http://trac.syr.edu/tracins/findings/05/ http://trac.syr.edu/traccus/findings/04/ http://trac.syr.edu/tracdhs/dhsdatalag.html
If You need to contact TRAC at Syracuse University:
The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is a data gathering, data research and data distribution organization associated with Syracuse University. We can be reached at any of the following offices: TRAC Main Syracuse Office [computing services]: Suite 360, Newhouse II
215 University Place
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York 13244-2100
voice: (315) 443-3563
fax: (315) 443-3196 TRAC Washington, D.C. Office: Suite 900
666 11th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
voice: (202) 518-9000
fax: (202) 347-1116 TRAC West Coast Branch Office: voice: (425) 746-6372 |
United States Government GAO and DHS’OIG Reports:
Report Number OIG-06-33
Title: Detention and Removal of Illegal Aliens, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Issued: April 2006.
Status Report on Open Recommendations to DHS Components Page 256
“Abstract: We conducted an audit of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) program for detaining and removing illegal aliens apprehended in the United States and at ports of entry (POE). The program is administered through ICE’s Office of Detention and Removal (DRO). The objective of our review was to determine the extent to which the detention and removal office is performing its mission to repatriate all illegal aliens who are removable, including those that pose a potential national security or public safety threat to the U.S.
Key Findings: Currently, the DRO is unable to ensure the departure from the U.S. of all removable aliens. Of the 774,112 illegal aliens apprehended during the past three years, 280,987 (36%) were released largely due to not having the personnel, bed space, and funding needed to detain illegal aliens while their immigration status is being adjudicated. This presents significant risks due to the inability of CBP and ICE to verify the identity, country-of-origin, and terrorist or criminal affiliation of many of the aliens being released. Further, the declining personnel and bed space level is occurring when the number of illegal aliens apprehended is increasing. For example, the number of illegal aliens apprehended increased from 231,077 in FY 2002 to 275,680 in FY 2004, a 19% increase. However, during the same period, authorized personnel and funded bed space levels declined by 3% and 6%, respectively. These shortfalls encourage illegal immigration by increasing the likelihood that apprehended aliens would be released while their immigration status is adjudicated.
Further, historical trends indicate that 62% of the aliens released will eventually be issued final orders of removal by the U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office of Immigration Review, and later fail to surrender for removal or abscond. Although the detention and removal office has received additional funding to enhance its Fugitive Operations Program, it is unlikely that many of the released aliens will ever be removed. As of December 30, 2005 there were more than 544,000 released aliens with final orders of removal who have absconded.
Recommendation Summary and Status: As of December 31, 2007, the four recommendations in this report were open. We did not agree with the component on one of the recommendations. It is unknown whether the recommendations have been implemented. Upon verification of implementation, the recommendations will be closed.” - DHS’ Office of Inspector General
REFERENCES
The 2007 Federal Fleet Report - http://www.gsa.gov/graphics/ogp/FFR2007_508.pdf
Secure Border Initiative Fiscal Year 2008 Expenditure Plan Shows Improvement, but Deficiencies Limit Congressional Oversight and DHS Accountability – July 26, 2008 - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08739r.pdf
Information Sharing: Connecting the Dots at the Federal, State, and Local Levels - U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs – July 23. 2008 http://hsgac.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=3de55060-7a8a-4a62-afc5-49c7297842e0
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Leadership and Accountability Needed to Strengthen Federal Protection and Enforcement - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08921t.pdf
HOMELAND SECURITY: The Federal Protective Service Faces Several Challenges That Raise Concerns About Protection of Federal Facilities - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08897t.pdf
ICE Policies Related to Detainee Deaths and the Oversight of Immigration Detention Facilities
http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-52_Jun08.pdf
STATEMENT OF RICHARD L. SKINNER INSPECTOR GENERAL U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BEFORE A JOINT HEARING OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION, CIVIL RIGHTS, AND CIVIL LIBERTIES COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 5, 2008 - http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/testimony/OIGtm_RLS_060508a.pdf
ALIEN DETENTION STANDARDS - Observations on the Adherence to ICE’s Medical Standards in Detention Facilities – June 4, 2008 - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08869t.pdf
Management of Department of Homeland Security International Activities and Interests
http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-71_June08.pdf
Review of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detainee Telephone Services Contract – May 12, 2008
http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-54_May08.pdf
EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION - Challenges Exist in Implementing a Mandatory Electronic Employment Verification System – May 6, 2008 - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08729t.pdf
Technical Security Evaluation of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Activities at the Chet Holifield Federal Building (Redacted) – May 2008 - http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIGr_08-59_May08.pdf
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: Better Planning and Oversight Needed to Improve Complex Service Acquisition Outcomes - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08765t.pdf
Challenges Remain In Executing the Department of Homeland Security’s Information Technology Program For Its Intelligence Systems Unclassified Summary - http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-48_April08.pdf
The Department of Homeland Security - Office of Inspector General - Fiscal Year 2008 Annual Performance Plan (Revised April 2008) - http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/OIG_APP_FY08.pdf
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Federal Enforcement Has Generally Increased, but Assessing Performance Could Strengthen Law Enforcement Efforts - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08157.pdf
Status Report on Open Recommendations to DHS Components
http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-27_Feb08.pdf
Testimony of Dan Stein, President - Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) - Before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law Committee on the Judiciary - February 13, 2008 - A Hearing on Reported Problems with ICE Interrogation, Detention and Removal Procedures
http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=leg_testimony_2132008&JServSessionIdr010=teqqrxw5e1.app13b
STATEMENT OF RICHARD L. SKINNER INSPECTOR GENERAL U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2008 - http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/testimony/OIGtm_RLS_021308.pdf
HOMELAND SECURITY: Preliminary Observations on the Federal Protective Service’s Efforts to Protect Federal Property - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08476t.pdf
IMPROPER PAYMENTS: Status of Agencies’ Efforts to Address Improper Payment and Recovery Auditing Requirements - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08438t.pdf
Improper Payments: Federal Executive Branch Agencies’ Fiscal Year 2007 Improper Payment Estimate Reporting - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08377r.pdf
Independent Review of The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Reporting of FY 2007 Drug Control Performance Summary - http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-45_Apr08.pdf
Independent Review of The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Reporting of FY 2007 Drug Control Obligations - http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-44_Apr08.pdf
TERRORIST WATCH LISTSCREENING: Recommendations to Promote a Comprehensive and Coordinated Approach to Terrorist-Related Screening - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08253t.pdf
TERRORIST WATCH LISTSCREENING: Recommendations to Enhance Management Oversight, Reduce Potential Screening Vulnerabilities, and Expand Use of the List - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08194t.pdf
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Risk and Enforcement Challenges - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08177t.pdf
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT: ICE Could Improve Controls to Help Guide Alien Removal Decision Making http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0867.pdf
COMBATING TERRORISM: Law Enforcement Agencies Lack Directives to Assist Foreign Nations http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08144t.pdf
STATEMENT OF RICHARD L. SKINNER INSPECTOR GENERAL - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY - BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES “Federal Contracting: Do Poor Performers Keep Winning?” July 18, 2007 (ICE not mentioned) http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/testimony/OIGtm_RLS_071807.pdf
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Immigration and Customs Enforcement Needs to Fully Address Significant Infrastructure Modernization Program Management Weaknesses – April 2007 - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07565.pdf
STATEMENT OF JAMES TAYLOR - DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY - COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS - U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - “Priorities in Enforcing Immigration Laws and Temporary Worker Program” March 27, 2007 - http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/testimony/OIGtm_JT_032707.pdf
STATEMENT OF JAMES TAYLOR - DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY - BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM - U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - “OVERSIGHT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT” - MARCH 20, 2007 - http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/testimony/OIGtm_JT_032007.pdf
An Assessment of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Fugitive Operations Teams – March 5, 2007 - http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_07-34_Mar07.pdf
STATEMENT OF RICHARD L. SKINNER - INSPECTOR GENERAL - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY - BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY - U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - An Overview of Issues and Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security - February 7, 2007
http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/testimony/OIGtm_RLS_020707.pdf
STATEMENT OF RICHARD L. SKINNER - INSPECTOR GENERAL - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY - BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY - COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS - U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - February 6, 2007 - http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/testimony/OIGtm_RLS_020607.pdf
STATEMENT OF RICHARD L. SKINNER - INSPECTOR GENERAL - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT, INTEGRATION, AND OVERSIGHT - COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY - U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - NOVEMBER 15, 2006
http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/testimony/OIGtm_RLS_111506.pdf
Information Technology: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Is Beginning to Address Infrastructure Modernization Program Weakness but Key Improvements Still Needed – July 28, 2006 - http://www.gao.gov/htext/d06823.html
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – Management Improvements Needed on Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Infrastructure Modernization Program – September 2005 - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05805.pdf
STATEMENT OF RICHARD L. SKINNER - ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT, FINANCE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY - COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM - U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - JULY 27, 2005 - http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/testimony/OIG_Mmgt_GMFA_RLS_Jul27-05.pdf
The Department of Justice's Terrorism Task Forces Evaluation and Inspections - Report I-2005-007 - June 2005 - Office of the Inspector General - http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/reports/plus/e0507/results.htm
STATEMENT OF RICHARD L. SKINNER - ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, AND CLAIMS - COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - APRIL 21, 2005
http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/testimony/OIG_WWP_RLS_Apr05.pdf
STATEMENT OF RICHARD L. SKINNER - ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANAGEMENT, INTEGRATION, AND OVERSIGHT - COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY - U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - APRIL 20, 2005
http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/testimony/OIG_Mmgt_Chal_Test_RLS_Apr05.pdf
STATEMENT OF J. RICHARD BERMAN - ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AUDITS - U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY - BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY - COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY - U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - APRIL 12, 2005
http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/testimony/OIG_1st_Responder_Testimony_Berman_Apr05.pdf
STATEMENT OF FRANK DEFFER - ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL, INFORMATION TECHOLOGY AUDITS - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM - U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 7, 2005 - http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/FISMA_Testimony_Deffer_Apr05.pdf
State and Local Law Enforcement Response to Transnational Crime – March 2, 2005
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/209521.pdf
STATEMENT OF RICHARD L. SKINNER - ACTING INSPECTOR GENERAL - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS - UNITED STATES SENATE JANUARY 26, 2005 - http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/testimony/OIG_MmngtChalTestimonySkinner_012605.pdf
FEDERAL ACQUISITION: Increased Attention to Vehicle Fleets Could Result in Savings – 2004 GAO Report No. GAO-04-664 - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04664.pdf
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO: IMMIGRATION POLICY AND THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP – HEARING - BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE - ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS - SECOND SESSION - MARCH 23, 2004 - http://www.loc.gov/law/find/hearings/pdf/00128783878.pdf
Statement of Dr. James Jay Carafano - Senior Research Fellow - The Heritage Foundation - Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation – March 24, 2004 http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/tst032404a.cfm
PUSHING THE BORDER OUT ON ALIEN SMUGGLING: NEW TOOLS AND INTELLIGENCE INITIATIVES – HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, AND CLAIMS OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS - SECOND SESSION - MAY 18, 2004 http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju93716.000/hju93716_0f.htm
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program 2004 Annual Report - http://hidtadirectors.org/pdf/HIDTA2004Report.pdf
Meeting Law Enforcement’s Responsibilities - Solving the Serious Issues of Today - Major Cities Chiefs Association Critical Issues Study Group - October 2001 - http://www.neiassociates.org/seriousissues.pdf
An Ethics Pamphlet for Executive Branch Employees April 2000
http://www.customs.gov/linkhandler/cgov/careers/neo_kit/additional_info/ethics_brief.ctt/ethics_brief.pdf
Media News Reports
Agriprocessors raid dissected in congressional hearing
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080725/NEWS/18572093
Several Investigative News Reports on DHS-ICE – Narco News by Bill Conroy
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/bill-conroy
Several Investigative News Reports on DHS-ICE – Narco News by Miguel Contreras
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/notebook/miguel-contreras
Several Investigative News Reports on the Legacy U.S. Customs Service and ICE by Bill Conroy of the San Antonio Business Journal http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/search/results.html?Ntk=All&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntt=u.s.+customs+and+bill+conroy
Several Investigative Reports by website Homeland Stupidity - http://www.homelandstupidity.us/
The Battle Over Immigration – The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/custom/2006/03/31/CU2006033101407.html
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