and cbp employees. although we refer allegations to the dhs office of the inspector general for review and potential acceptance, many are referred back for appropriate investigative action. i.c.e. has a comprehensive integrity strategy that integrates training, detection, investigation capabilities to determine response and misconduct in the workforce. this is strategy involves collaboration with other law enforcement entities, a vigorous comprehensive screening process for new hires and education and training of existing employees. opr is comprised of three operational divisions that play a major role in maintaining the highest level of ethical standards. the investigations division conducts criminal and administrative employee misconduct investigations through personnel maintained in 26 field offices nationwide and in puerto rico. opr field offices are responsible for investigating allegations of criminal and serious administrative misconduct, reporting investigative results to the principle offices,

employees and 362 from cbp. at the transportation and security administration in 2011, there were three allegations involving corruption, 33 involving security and intelligence violations, and 210 alleged general misconducts. although these allegations have not been proven, they are a testament to the fact that eliminating public corruption is in dire need of improvement. i'm, therefore, pleased representatives are testifying this morning and look forward to hearing from them regarding the steps they are taking to remedy the situation. of course, there are other incidents of corruption we can point to, but what sets the situations at i.c.e., cbp, and tsa apart is the risk to national security, and that's inherent in the public trust violations on the border and our nation's airports. i'm troubled by allegations with turf battles within the department and disagreements on who should be in charge. recent efforts have been implemented to improve working relationships among dhs, oig, cbp, internal affairs, and in ad

and cbp internal affairs personnel. which is a great working relationship and the collaboration that's existed since the creation of dhs. the number represented as far as allegations, those are actually items that were reported to the joint intake center. so they may involve lesser degrees of misconduct or items such as lost, missing, stolen property, things that are not necessarily allegation based. so that number seems much larger. it's things we want to the document and make sure there's a proper record of. but not all those 26,000 allegations are true allegations of misconduct and warrant investigation. and i can get back to you as far as a specific number of what was. from our case inventory perspective, we have about 600 cases in our inventory right now and in addition to the 374, that mr. edwards will be transferring here shortly. but we're working closely with cbp internal affairs full participation. we during this transfer, obviously it's a big lift, it's a large number of cases at one time. we've set up teams

and cbp is part of that process. so i think we've come a long way since former commissioner about your son's testimony. >> just a couple of questions too that came to mind. if it's possible to give us a generalization. the bulk of the people that have been involved in this corruption, unethical conduct, what's their salary range? i know, you know, i just want to give a generalization. how much are these people getting paid, most of them that are committing these things? >> i would say in the average a base salary when you look at a border patrol agent or a cb pp officer at the gs-12 level which i think is about $675,000 a year and then there's overtime associated with that. >> pretty good. >> especially when you look at the southwest border, there are some of the highest paying individuals down there in some of those communities. >> a question for mr. edwards. your office has primary authority over the investigation instances of public corruption and employee misconduct. within the department of homeland security. ho

employees and 362 from cbp. at the transportation security administration in 211, there's three allegations and three involving intelligence violations than 210 alleged in her misconduct. although these allegations have not been proven, they are a testament to the fact that eliminating public corruption at the department of homeland security is in dire need of improvement and therefore am pleased that representatives from tsa, cbp and i.c.e. look forward to the steps they are taking to remedy the situation. of course, there's other incidents of corruption we can point to, but what sets this situation at i.c.e., cbp apart and our nations airports. i'm troubled by allegations within the department and the disagreement on who should be in charge. recent matters has been implemented to improve working relationships among dhs, oig, cbp, internal affairs to cbp and ice office of professional responsibility. i hope the new memorandum of understanding will surely cause each agency to understand the delayed investigation

it is a collaborative effort and sits in the cbp office space for it cbp and i.c.e. it is a great cooperation that has existed since dhs. the numbers, those were items reported to the joint intake center. it may involve lesser degrees of misconduct or items such as lost, missing, stolen property, things that are not necessarily allegations based. the numbers could be larger than what we need to document, but not all of those 26000 allegations are true allegations of misconduct and were in this investigation. and i can get back you as far as a specific number of what was. from our case in perspective we have about 600 cases in our inventory right now, in addition to the 374 that mr. edwards will be transferring here shortly. we are working closely with cbp internal affairs full participation will be done during this chancellor. honestly, it is a large number of cases. we have set up teams for triage. we have set up leads for the most egregious allegations that show the greatest forms of vulnerability. we will do that is collaboratively as we can as an effort. >> my qu

employees and 362 from cbp.t the transportation security administration in 2011, there were three allegations involving corruption, or deter involving security and intelligence violations and 210 alleged general misconducts. although these allegations have not been proven, they are a testament to the fact that eliminating public corruption at the department of homeland security is in dire need of improvement and therefore am pleased that representatives from the tsa come to cbp and i.c.e. are here this morning i look forward to hearing them regarding steps they are taking to remedy the situation. of course their other incidents of corruption we can point to assess the situation to ask him a cbp and apart is the risk to national security and that is inherent in the public trust violations on the border and are nation's airports. i am troubled by allegations within the department and disagreement on who should be in charge. recent efforts have been implemented to improve working relations among dhs, oig, cbp, inte

we request the leadership from cbp, i.c.e., and tsa, however, only cbp recognized the importance of these issues. with that, i now recognize the ranking member of the subcommittee. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and i want to thank you for holding today's hearings examining the ethical standards at the department of homeland security. in the beginning, i'd like to point out, there are over 220,000 department of homeland security employees who work every day to secure our homeland from dangerous threats and natural disasters, so before i begin, i'd like to thank them for their service. unfortunately, there are some among them that use their position of public trust for their own personal gain. in doing so, they put the very nation they were sworn to protect in harm's way. since october 2004, 137 u.s. customs and border protection, cbp, employees, have been indicted or convicted of corruption-related charges, many coming in recent years as the border patrol tripled in size. and during fiscal years 2010 and 2011, there were at least 33 incidents of corruption or mission-compromising corruption

and then cbp taking bribes from drug cartel organizations. and given the seriousness of this, i do first want to say thank to you cbp for mr. winkowski for you showing up at the policy level, but i do want to express my extreme disappointment that tsa and i.c.e. given these allegations and not just allegations but proven fact did not bring forth the policy level witnesses that we requested. so it sends a signal to the congress that either they're not taking it very seriously or these officials are just trying to hide from the american people. and so i am not very happy with that. i again, associate myself with the ranking member with his remarks and with that, the committee stands adjourned. snuch white house coverage this weekend on c-span, senator marco rubio gives the keynote address at the south carolina republican party's silver elephant fund-raising dinner. we'll also hear from the palmetto state's twos u.s. senators lipped say graham and jim demint starting at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow on c-span, c-span radio and online at c-span.org. live pi

the measure should cover cbp indigenous birdies.it should link with other components of successful levels so the measures should reflect quality, cost of service, what it costs to provide good there should be a local goal of significant producing the same results. i have to do it again, i appreciate the strategic plan, but we still have a lot of ways to go. the performance measures and goals -- the performance measures, so we know exactly what we are measuring. i appreciate all of the good men and women who work for you. it is a good one. i know it is very hard. this is a very important parts we can look at efficiency, effectiveness, accountability to the taxpayers, especially since we we're putting so much money to homeland security. again, we look forward to working with you, chief fisher, and also the work with doctor rosenberg, and the requirements under this. >> thank you so much. >> the chair now recognizes the governor from mississippi, mr. thompson. >> thank you so much, madam chair. cheap fisher, one of the constants that t

visit system and there is a proposal to move now into cbp and ice. my understanding is all the difference dhs agencies has access to the database through u.s. visit and there is extensive -- at least information sharing between d between dod and state. state tax and to that in the visa issuance process. -- state taps into that. but i cannot speak to have smooth integration is. >> his contact our office on information on how we are sharing some of that. sort of off on a tangent from what we are talking about today. the lady mentioned earlier, the gao the fines the extent of operational control defined as the number of border miles were border patrol has the ability to detect, respond to, and it and interdict cross border illegal activity. that is a fairly defined metric. and then she goes on in her testimony to say, however, the performance for measures to be used to provide oversight and accountability for the new strategic plan have not yet been established. i think the gentleman from laredo, texas, was kind of going down that. how do we define the

the terrain did not lend itself for patrols in that area and with the uas systems that cbp has had over the last few years, it gives us the ability now to use things like synthetic aperture radar, fly soirts along the border, confirm or deny changes in the threat environment or entries which over the course of, say, for instance, two or three week wes hadn't seen anything nap allows us to use technology to be able to understand where those threats are going to be evolving, and so those phrases, although they're somewhat new, that take as whole new means when you look at the implementation of what it means along our borders. >> do either of the two witnesses have comments in regards to that? what is really knnew in this strategic plan or do you have something else that caught your eye? >> i think from our perspective, some of the same elements are in the 2012 strategy as were in the 2004 strategy. i think there's a different level of emphasis on some of the capabilities and a different way of thinking through how those might be implemented going forward. so i think it's a difference in e

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while it's seen as a success for cbp, immigration rights group argue it puts those people in serious danger. >> they may not know where shelter would be or where the local municipal office of the mexican government, for example, would be, where they can get help. they wouldn't know the area. like being dropped in new york city where you've never been and having to favor gat -- navigate. >> they are not just dropped off and cast out. there's an official agreed upon process with the government of mexico and the united states to make sure wthat process is followed. >> reporter: border control says this helps people, because it separates them from the human smugglers that are characterized as stopping at nothing to get their cargo into the united states, even if it means putting their clients or mexican nationals in danger. in los angeles, casey stegall, fox news. >>> a bride's worst nightmare comes true. the unthinkable happens to her wedding dress weeks before the big day. her story is coming up next.      [ male announcer ] knowing your customers is

i appreciated you articulating a long and distinguished history of the cbp.now, i was also taking notes as you were talking and i have been looking at your new strategic plan. as you mentioned, information integration and rapid response and over $4 billion to congress, an american taxpayers have invested in technology. with all of the technology we need to utilize for all of our borders, sometimes there is no second for human intelligence. as i mentioned, much of the human bomb plot was a human intelligence community, a counterintelligence, counter- terrorism. the same thing applies for border security in many ways. it seems to me a good way to get that kind of intelligence, you mention it in the strategic plan when you talk about increasing community engagement, these kinds of things, with all of the various stakeholders at all of our borders. we have often said they are a force multiplier. i think you can get a lot more intel from local law- enforcement and sharing that information, whether it is at the southern border, and our coastal borders, what have yo

i appreciated you articulating a long and distinguished history of the cbp. you know, i was also taking notes as you were talking and i have been looking at your new strategic plan. as you mentioned, information integration and rapid response and over $4 billion to congress, an american taxpayers have invested in technology. with all of the technology we need to utilize for all of our borders, sometimes there is no second for human intelligence. as i mentioned, much of the human bomb plot was a human intelligence community, a counterintelligence, counter- terrorism. the same thing applies for border security in many ways. it seems to me a good way to get that kind of intelligence, you mention it in the strategic plan when you talk about increasing community engagement, these kinds of things, with all of the various stakeholders at all of our borders. we have often said they are a force multiplier. i think you can get a lot more intel from local law- enforcement and sharing that information, whether it is at the southern border, and our coastal borders, what h

while it's seen as a success for cbp, immigration rights groups argue it puts those people in seriousot know where a shelter would be or they may not know where the local municipal office of the mexican government, for example, would be where they could get help, they wouldn't know the area, it would be like being dropped in new york city where you've never been and having to navigate. >> there's a protocol in place where they get inspected by mexican officials so they are not just dropped off at a port of entry and just cast out. there's an official agreed upon process with the government of mexico and the united states that -- to make sure we ensure that process is followed. >> u.s. border patrol contends this actually helps people because it separates them from those human smugglers near arizona that are characterized at stopping at nothing to get their cargo into the united states. even if it means putting their clients or the mexican nationals in danger. in los angeles, casey stegall, fox news. >> and we hope to have a debate on that coming up later on in the show. >> all right,

my own view is that it has cbp both spending restraint -- we cannot continue to spend more than we take in, and you have to have growth. back in 2007, when i was the budget director, we had growth in the economy. we were able to get the deficit down to $161 billion. that was not long ago. it requires growth in addition to spending restraint. it has t be done very carefully to avoid having a devastating impact on our economy at a time and have the weakest recovery since the great depression. >> congressman, what is your view of this? if we just take all the reporters away, could we get this done relatively easily? >> if we could hang the sacred cows at the door with norco's as we walked in and lead the eagles behind as well, it is simple math. we have enough templates out there to guide us, whether bowles-simpson, rivlin amenity. o plans dealt with what most obrvers say must be elements of a good compromise. restraints on spending, changes, increases to tax revenue, and making sure that the policies are in place so you have economic growth. it is not rocket science. most of us have gone