In March 2021, U.S. Border Patrol established a new process to reduce agents’ administrative processing times by releasing noncitizen family units without Notices to Appear (NTA). Instead, Border Patrol gave families a Notice to Report (NTR) to their local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office.

The Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) found no evidence that Border Patrol (BP) agents struck migrants but noted an “unnecessary use of force.”

A recent staff report from the House’s Committee on Oversight and Reform (HCOR) states few of Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) border agents faced repercussions for misconduct for social media posts.