Customs and Border Protection's implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative at land ports of entry / Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Rules and practice--Evaluation.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (U.S.).

Border security--Government policy--United States.

Border security.

Ports of entry--Security measures--United States.

Ports of entry.

International travel regulations--Economic aspects--United States.

International travel regulations.

Passports--Government policy--United States.

Passports.

Ports of entry--Security measures.

United States.

Genre:

Rules and practice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (22 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General, [2010]

Summary:

The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative requires citizens of the United States, Canada, Bermuda, and Mexico arriving at land ports of entry to present passports or other approved documents to enter the United States. Customs and Border Protection is not prepared to fully enforce the new document requirement at land ports of entry. Although Customs and Border Protection has acquired and deployed substantial technological tools to aid in inspecting travelers, Customs and Border Protection has not analyzed the impact that a substantial increase in secondary inspection workload will have on secondary inspection staffing and infrastructure during full enforcement. The reported Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative compliance rates during the initial eight- month informed compliance period indicate noncompliant travelers arriving at the agency's 39 busiest land ports may increase the secondary inspection workloads at these ports by an average of 73% if all noncompliant travelers required secondary inspections. The agency has not finalized the operating procedures its officers will use to verify the identity and citizenship of noncompliant travelers. Until the new travel document requirement is fully enforced, the agency continues to incur risk that persons falsely claiming to be citizens of the United States, Canada, and Bermuda may be admitted to the United States. We are making four recommendations to better prepare the agency to fully implement the new requirement at land ports of entry.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 21, 2010).

"November 2010."

"OIG-11-16."

OCLC:

693934458