Southwest Border: Apprehensions, Military Deployment and Drug Control

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) processes to identify, collect, document, and share information about family members apprehended at the southwest border are fragmented. DHS’s U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehends family members and determines how information about each individual—and his or her relationship to other family members—will be collected and documented. Other D...