Homeland Security Today: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) IT systems have not effectively supported Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) visa tracking operations, and ICE personnel responsible for investigating in-country visa overstays pieced together information from dozens of systems and databases, some of which were not integrated and did not electronically share information, according to a new Inspector General (IG) audit report.
The IG said, “Despite previous efforts to improve information sharing, the DHS Chief Information Officer (CIO) did not provide the oversight and centralized management needed to address these issues. Additionally, ICE did not ensure that its field personnel received the training and guidance needed to properly use the systems currently available to conduct visa overstay tracking.”
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