February 6, 2023

The United States, along with many countries in the western hemisphere, is experiencing historically high levels of migration, which presents serious logistical and humanitarian challenges along migration routes and at the U. [...] According to a draft report by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General (DHS IG) disclosed by POGO last year, 10,000 out of roughly 28,000 DHS law enforcement officials surveyed by the DHS IG said that they had experienced sexual harassment or sexual misconduct at work. [...] citizens and longtime residents as well as migrants, DHS should assess sector by sector what constitutes a “reasonable distance” from the border for the Border Patrol to exercise enhanced search powers.9 • Forbidding the use of racial and religious profiling by CBP. [...] Over the then-attorney general’s objections, the policy made exceptions to allow consideration of race and ethnicity for activities “in the vicinity of the border,” as well as in national security investigations. [...] The entire life cycle of complaints at the agency — from filing through acknowledgment, investigation, and outcome — fails to meet basic standards of responsiveness and redress.