DHS Watchdog Report Faults Trump Administration For Border Separations

[GMDino]

This going to come as a shock to some but the administration was ill-prepared to implement an ill-advised and poorly thought out policy and then lied about how well it was going while blaming everyone else for any perceived faults.

Color me stunned.

https://www.fox4now.com/newsy/dhs-watchdog-report-faults-trump-administration-for-border-separations

Quote:The Department of Homeland Security watchdog released a pretty scathing report on the Trump administration's handling of its zero-tolerance border policy.


The report from the DHS inspector general's office confirms many of the problems that were detailed by the media in recent months.


While the White House frequently blamed Democrats and Congress for family separations at the border, the report says the zero-tolerance policy "fundamentally changed DHS' approach to immigration enforcement."


According to the report, the government's decision to limit the number of asylum-seekers may have resulted in more people trying to cross the border illegally. One woman told investigators she tried to cross legally three times before "deciding to take her chances on illegal entry."


The IG says unaccompanied minors were held for long periods in facilities only designed for short-term stays. 
And it says the lack of coordination between federal agencies "hindered efforts to identify, track, and reunify parents and children."


The report also found a few examples of inaccurate DHS data on separated families.
In a statement to NBC News, a DHS spokesperson said the report's findings "illustrate the difficulties in enforcing immigration laws that are broken and poorly written."

https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2018-10/OIG-18-84-Sep18.pdf

Quote:DHS was not fully prepared to implement the Administration’s Zero Tolerance Policy or to deal with some of its after-effects. Faced with resource limitations and other challenges, DHS regulated the number of asylum-seekers entering the country through ports of entry at the same time that it encouraged asylum-seekers to come to the ports. During Zero Tolerance, CBP also held alien children separated from their parents for extended periods in facilities intended solely for short-term detention. DHS also struggled to identify, track, and reunify families separated under Zero Tolerance due to limitations with its information technology systems, including a lack of integration between systems. Finally, DHS provided inconsistent information to aliens who arrived with children during Zero Tolerance, which resulted in some parents not understanding that they would be separated from their children, and being unable to communicate with their children after separation.