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GGD-93-46R 1 (1993-06-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackiq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division June 16, 1993 149407 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: This letter responds to your March 2, 1993, request for information concerning corrective actions negotiated between the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the Office of Special Counsel (OSC). These corrective actions were based on inappropriate actions INS took against several of its agents. In discussions with your staff, we agreed to (1) determine the status of the corrective actions and (2) summarize new allegations of INS harassment these agents have raised. Enclosure I provides details regarding the data we obtained and the work we did. BACKGROUND In May 1989, we reported that actions INS took against anti-smuggling unit (ASU) agents in its Houston district office might have resulted partly from a September 1987 letter the agents had written to Members of Congress.' A subsequent OSC investigation concluded that INS district management had engaged in prohibited personnel practices against the agents in reprisal for the letter. Pursuant to OSC's finding, in May 1992, INS and OSC agreed on six corrective actions applying to seven agents.2 On February 1, 1993, five Houston ASU agents wrote you a letter alleging that INS had not fully implemented the agreed-upon corrective actions. The agents also alleged that 1Immiqration Service: Allegation of Adverse Actions Taken Against INS Agents (GAO/GGD-89-70, May 1, 1989). 2The corrective actions applied to the following ASU agents: Charles Griggs, Frederick Capio, Bill Burkland, Robert Moore, Gustavo DeLeon (all located in Houston, Texas); Larry Nave (located in Boise, Idaho); and Jamar Hayes (located in Los Angeles, California). GAO/GGD-93-46R, INS Corrective Action