United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-10-15 monographic deposited born digital 48 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-67 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-67 P0b002ee180394e9b f:d0867 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-67 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-67 GAO-08-67 Aliens Border security Decision making Deportation Illegal aliens Immigrants Immigration and naturalization law Internal controls Law enforcement Policy evaluation Reporting requirements Standards Voluntary compliance Program implementation Other Written Product A77368 Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) investigate violations of immigration laws and identify aliens who are removable from the United States. ICE officers exercise discretion to achieve its operational goals of removing any aliens subject to removal while prioritizing those who pose a threat to national security or public safety and safeguarding aliens' rights in the removal process. The General Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to examine how ICE ensures that discretion is used in the most fair, reasoned, and efficient manner possible. GAO reviewed (1) when and how ICE officers and attorneys exercise discretion and what internal controls ICE has designed to (2) guide decision making and (3) oversee and monitor officers' decisions. To conduct this work, GAO reviewed ICE manuals, memorandums, and removal data, interviewed ICE officials, and visited 21 of 75 ICE field offices. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-67/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-67.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-67/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-67.pdf GAO-08-67 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-67 Other Written Product GAO-08-67; Immigration Enforcement: ICE Could Improve Controls to Help Guide Alien Removal Decision Making; Aliens Border security Decision making Deportation Illegal aliens Immigrants Immigration and naturalization law Internal controls Law enforcement Policy evaluation Reporting requirements Standards Voluntary compliance Program implementation Volume 66 Page 163 66 Stat. 163