DHS watchdog finds officials released 177,000 migrants into US with missing or faulty addresses

DHS' Office of Inspector General is highlighting flaws with the process of tracking and locating migrants released into the interior during the border crisis.

The addresses are taken to track and locate migrants once they are released into the U.S., to send them documentation to determine which field offices may check in with them. Addresses are also used to locate those who are subject to deportation orders. The watchdog reviewed 981,671 migrant records between March 2021 and August 2022, which marked the first year and a half of the migrant crisis which is still raging today. They found that more than 177,000 records were either missing, invalid, or not legitimate. Notably, more than 54,000 address records were left blank. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

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"USBP did not accurately and effectively capture valid addresses, in part due to the large number of migrants apprehended, as well as its limited coordination with ICE and its limited authority to administer compliance with address requirements. ICE also did not have adequate resources to validate and analyze migrants’ post-release addresses," the IG found.