The multi-agency collaboration has resulted in "over 384,000 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 29,000 criminal arrests," including "over 28,000 felony charges reported."
The findings, based on responses from over 9,300 of the 577,000 CBP and ICE agents surveyed, cited several reasons including increased workload, inconsistent border policies, irrelevant task assignments, resource insufficiency, and excessive overtime.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has released Chinese nationals into the country amid a massive surge in migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border.