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Keeping An Eye On The I.N.S.: A Case For Civilian Review Of Uncivil Conduct, Stephen A. Rosenbaum

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Use of deadly force by the U.S. Border Patrol (and other immigration officers) and other forms of violence against border-crossing migrants has captured the attention of the agency's leadership, although the response remains equivocal and erratic. In 1993, the then Acting Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) pledged to aggressively pursue[ ] claims of misconduct and strictly adhere to investigative and disciplinary procedures. However, the INS stopped short of endorsing changes in complaint review procedures, such as the call for civilian oversight.

A decade has passed since the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights identified serious problems in the …