How many officer‑involved shootings by ICE and CBP are listed in DHS and DOJ annual use‑of‑force or OIG reports for 2010–2016?

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Executive summary

A direct, authoritative count cannot be produced from the materials provided because none of the supplied sources include the DHS or DOJ annual use‑of‑force or OIG reports covering 2010–2016; reporting instead catalogues individual shootings and criticizes agency transparency without reproducing those agency tallies [1] [2] [3]. Independent journalists and nonprofits have documented many officer‑involved shootings by ICE and Border Patrol across years, but those compilations are not the same as the formal DHS or DOJ reports the question requests [2] [3] [4].

1. What the user actually asked — and why the supplied reporting can’t fully answer it

The user asked for a specific count listed in DHS and DOJ annual use‑of‑force or OIG reports for 2010–2016; that is a narrow request—seeking numbers from official, annualized agency documents rather than news tallies or third‑party databases. None of the provided items are the DHS or DOJ annual use‑of‑force or OIG reports for 2010–2016, so the sources cannot supply the definitive table or tally the user requested [1] [2] [3].

2. What the supplied reporting does show about shootings by immigration agents (context, not the requested table)

The supplied reporting shows sustained media and nonprofit attention to shootings involving ICE and CBP agents: investigations and watchdog pieces document cases across multiple years and critique agency policies and transparency, for example detailed reconstructions of 2016 incidents and commentary that federal agents have killed and wounded civilians in recent years [2] [3] [1]. Those pieces illustrate patterns and controversies—use of force against moving vehicles, gaps in internal policy, and public outcry—but they are investigations and counts by journalists, not the formal OIG or DOJ published annual summaries the user asked for [2] [3].

3. Why official reports matter — and why media tallies differ

Official DHS OIG and DOJ use‑of‑force reports are authoritative because they compile incidents reported through agency channels, apply specific definitions and redaction rules, and may exclude or aggregate cases differently than media databases; news outlets and nonprofits instead assemble incidents from public records, lawsuits, and local reporting, which can yield higher or differently categorized counts [2] [3]. The Trace and The Marshall Project have documented many incidents and highlighted policy problems, but they explicitly rely on a patchwork of public records and FOIA materials rather than presenting the DHS/DOJ annual tabulations the question targets [2] [3].

4. Evidence gaps, transparency questions and institutional agendas in the supplied sources

Multiple supplied pieces stress that DHS and component agencies have withheld details, resisted disclosing policies, or framed incidents defensively—signals that the agencies’ public messaging and press releases may be driven by enforcement priorities and political narratives rather than full disclosure [2] [5] [6]. Journalistic reconstructions note that DHS inspector general work criticized outdated interim use‑of‑force policy and that agencies have been slow to publish internal policy changes, which complicates independent verification of counts and categorizations [2]. Consciously note that DHS/CBP/ICE statements in the sources sometimes push operational justifications, which is an implicit institutional agenda to defend actions and limit external scrutiny [7] [5].

5. Bottom line and recommended next steps to get the exact number

Based on the supplied reporting alone, one cannot state how many officer‑involved shootings by ICE and CBP appear in DHS or DOJ annual use‑of‑force or OIG reports for 2010–2016 because those exact reports and their tables are not among the provided sources [1] [2] [3]. To obtain the requested count, consult the DHS OIG annual use‑of‑force reviews and DOJ‑published use‑of‑force summaries for each year 2010–2016 directly (the supplied materials do not include those documents); media compilations such as The Trace and The Marshall Project can provide case lists and context but are not substitutes for the agency reports cited in the question [2] [3] [4].

Want to dive deeper?
How many officer‑involved shootings by ICE and CBP are listed in DHS OIG annual reports for each year 2010–2016?
How do independent databases (The Trace, Marshall Project) count ICE/Border Patrol shootings and how do their methods differ from DHS/DOJ reporting?
What did the DHS OIG conclude about ICE use‑of‑force policies in reports published after 2016, and how did that affect policy changes?