Homeland Security Reviewing Use of Controversial Force Policies on Mexico's Border Alicia A. Caldwell - The Associated Press
go to original March 2, 2014

Former Department of Defense general counsel Jeh Johnson testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of homeland security on Capitol Hill. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

New Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is reviewing the department's use of force policies, a Homeland Security official said late last week.

The official said Johnson has been reviewing the rules about when border agents can use their guns since he took office in December.

The official was not authorized to publicly discuss internal deliberations and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Customs and Border Protection, which oversees the Border Patrol, has been criticized by civil rights groups and others for allowing border agents to use deadly force against people blamed for throwing rocks at them.

Last year, three separate reviews of CBP's use-of-force policies were completed, and acting commissioner Thomas Winkowski said the agency agreed with "the spirit and concerns underlying all of the recommendations" in all three reports.

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