USCIS
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
- Report NumberOIG-24-36Issue DateDocument FileDHS AgencyFiscal Year2024
Summary of Selected DHS Components that Did Not Consistently Restrict Access to Systems and Information
Report NumberOIG-24-11Issue DateDocument FileFiscal Year2024USCIS Has Generally Met Statutory Requirements to Adjudicate Asylum Applications from Paroled Afghan Evacuees
Report NumberOIG-23-40Issue DateDocument FileDHS AgencyFiscal Year2023USCIS Should Improve Controls to Restrict Unauthorized Access to Its Systems and Information
Report NumberOIG-22-65Issue DateDocument FileDHS AgencyFiscal Year2022USCIS' U Visa Program is Not Managed Effectively and is Susceptible to Fraud (REDACTED)
Report NumberOIG-22-10Issue DateDocument FileDHS AgencyFiscal Year2022Continued Reliance on Manual Processing Slowed USCIS' Benefits Delivery during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Report NumberOIG-22-12Issue DateDocument FileDHS AgencyOversight AreaFiscal Year2022USCIS Needs to Improve Its Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Process
Executive SummaryWe identified deficiencies in E-Verify’s processes for confirming identity during employment verification. E-Verify’s photo matching process is not fully automated, but rather, relies on employers to confirm individuals’ identities by manually reviewing photos. We attribute these deficiencies to USCIS not developing or evaluating the plans and internal controls needed to improve its processes and detect, track, and investigate system errors. Until USCIS addresses E-Verify’s deficiencies, it cannot ensure the system provides accurate employment eligibility results. We made 10 recommendations to improve E-Verify’s accuracy, internal controls, and workload capabilities. USCIS concurred with all 10 recommendations.
Report NumberOIG-21-56Issue DateDocument FileDHS AgencyKeywordsFiscal Year2021DHS Has Not Effectively Implemented the Prompt Asylum Pilot Programs
Executive SummaryThis report offers DHS OIG’s initial observations on the PACR and HARP programs based on our March 2020 visit to the El Paso, Texas area and analysis of data and information provided by CBP and USCIS headquarters. We determined that CBP rapidly implemented the pilot programs and expanded them without a full evaluation of the pilots’ effectiveness. Additionally, we determined there are potential challenges with the PACR and HARP programs related to how aliens are held and provided access to counsel and representation, and how CBP and USCIS assign staff to program duties and track aliens in the various agency systems. We made six recommendations to improve PACR and HARP program implementation. DHS did not concur with five of the six recommendations, stating that lawsuits and the COVID-19 pandemic had, in effect, ended the programs. We reviewed evidence provided by CBP and concluded the lawsuits themselves did not terminate the PACR and HARP pilot programs. Therefore, the recommendations remain open and unresolved. If the programs resume, we plan to resume actual or virtual site visits and issue a report detailing DHS’ full implementation of the PACR and HARP pilot programs.
Report NumberOIG-21-16Issue DateDocument FileKeywordsFiscal Year2021Testimony of Acting Inspector General Jennifer L. Costello, Before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Before the U.S. House of Representatives, "The Trump Administration’s Child Separation Policy: Substantiated Allegations of Mistreatment"
Data Quality Improvements Needed to Track Adjudicative Decisions
Report NumberOIG-19-40Issue DateDocument FileDHS AgencyOversight AreaFiscal Year2019