Border Security: Apprehension of âOther Than Mexicanâ Aliens (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised June 20, 2006 |
| Report Number |
RL33097 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Blas Nunez-Neto and Alison Siskin, Domestic Social Policy Division; and Stephen Vina, American Law Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
Other Than Mexicans (OTMs) apprehended along the Southwest border by the USBP between officialPOE cannot be returned to Mexico because Mexico will not accept them. Instead,they must be returned to their countries of origin, or third countries that will acceptthem, by the Office of Detention and Removal Operations (DRO) within Immigrationand Customs Enforcement (ICE). However, DRO does not have enough detentionbeds to accommodate every OTM that is apprehended. As a result of this, themajority of OTMs apprehended by the USBP in FY2005 were released into theinterior of the United States with notices to appear before an immigration judge.Most of these released OTMs fail to show up for their hearings and are not ultimatelyremoved. In order to address the increasing number of OTMs being apprehended andcircumvent the regular removal process, the USBP is currently expanding itsExpedited Removal (ER) program across the entire southwest border. Issues forCongress include the potential for terrorist infiltration, the current lack of detentionbed-space that has led to OTMs being released into the interior of the country,whether the expansion of the ER program will succeed with the current levels ofdetention bedspace, and how best to deploy DHS resources to address the growingnumber of OTMs entering into the country illegally.
