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  • Management Alert - Unclear Rules Regarding Executive Protection Details Raise Concerns (OIG-17-103-MA)

    Executive Summary

    We determined that two DHS Components – CBP and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) created their own internal authorizations for executive protection details and staffed them without clear legal authority. We made two recommendations to the DHS secretary to direct CBP and ICE to (1) discontinue security details pending a legal review by the DHS General Counsel and (2) develop directive regarding the scope and circumstances  when a security detail is permitted for DHS component heads including the requirements for departmental level authorization; pending the results of the legal review.

    Report Number
    OIG-17-103-MA
    Issue Date
    Document File
    OIG-17-103-MA-091417.pdf
    DHS Agency
    CBP
    ICE
    Oversight Area
    Management
    Keywords
    CBP
    ICE
    internal authorization
    Fiscal Year
    2017
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