when we receive a complaint from an organization like nijc, ms. mccarthy or from other organizations we follow up with the person who has sent the complaint, we ask any questions. we open investigations. so in the first half of fiscal 2014, for example, about half of the new investigations that we opened were 71 out of the 149 we opened pertained to either ice -- pertained to ice detention. more than 20 others involved cbp ports of entry and checkpoints and unaccompanied children. we have a team of experts on contract with my office in a variety of areas including medical and mental health care, conditions of confinement, environmental health and safety, and other areas. they come with us to facilities. so our staff facilitates really their review of the medical files, they pull files. if they see a problem, they pull more files. we went to artesia, new mexico, last december and karnes in december. dealey will be the third major large new detention facility we visited. and then the experts submit reports to us, and we work with ice. we make recomm

nijc rejects the secretary of homeland security jay promise that it is an affective deterrent to immigration. it is unlawful and immoral to detain any person for the purpose of discouraging the future migration of others. more over as we have observed among the thousands of children and adult asylum seekers wefr we have screened in the past year, the practice fails to deter. dhs should jet isson political skpeed skpeediance as a basis for making decisions and ask whether individuals pose threats to public safety or flight risk. release on bond or under supervision, case management services or ankle monitors that enables families to live in families where they can began to heal and connect with legal and mental health services. for more than a decade, we've advocated to reduce the unnecessary detention of noncitizens, working directly with the department of homeland security to develop a risk assessment tool. however, as recently reported by the un high commissioner for refugees, the commissioner worn warned while the assessment tool is an improvement, the tool is based on mathematical calcul

when we receive a complaint from an organization like nijc miss mccarthy or from other organizations we follow up with the person who has sent the complaint, we ask any questions. we open investigations so in the first half of fiscal 2014 for example, about half of the new investigation that we opened were 71 out of the 149 we opened pertained to ice detention. more than 20 others involved cdp ports of entry and checkpoints and unaccompanied children. we have a team of experts on contract with my office in a varieties of areas including medical and mental health care cancer conditions of confinement, environmental safety and other areas. they come with us to facilities. the staff their review of the files, medical files. they pull files. if they see a problem, they pull more files. we went to artesia, new mexico last december and karnes in december. dealey will be the third major large new facility we visited. the experts submit reports to us and we work with ice. we make recommendations and work with ice to resolve issues that we found there. >> as it relates to these in kick were y