DHS Granted Citizenship Accidentally to 800 Possibly Dangerous People

Leave it to the Obama Administration to screw things up royally and make a bad mess worse. A recent audit by the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found that at least 858 immigrants to the U.S. who had pending orders of deportation were actually granted citizenship in the last several years.

This was despite these people hailing from countries identified with national security concerns and/or identified with high rates of immigration fraud. The audit found that in every case, the immigrant used either a false birthday or a fake name when applying and wasn’t caught because government databases were lacking their fingerprints.

DHS admitted that older records containing fingerprints can’t be searched electronically; the department is now in the process of scanning the older files.

DHS also admitted to naturalizing 953 other people who had orders of deportation, despite many of these same people actually having fingerprints on file. The inspector general said fingerprints are lacking in as many as 315,000 cases of immigrants with deportation orders or those who are classified as fugitives. Currently, there’s a backlog of files for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to review more than 148,000 cases.

One of the reasons for the incomplete files is that fingerprint records created in the 1990s by the older Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the FBI were never merged with newer records created by ICE. The files only started to be integrated in 2010, despite the government being aware of file gaps and inconsistencies since at least 2008. Few of the “gap” cases were ever investigated.

The inspector general identified two cases that led to criminal prosecutions, and those immigrants had their citizenship revoked. But other cases were declined by federal prosecutors because they “generally did not accept immigration benefits fraud cases,” and some were simply closed without explanation. The inspector explained that some of these cases are now being investigated and/or re-opened.

Awarding citizenship accidentally can have a major impact because anyone with that valuable status can apply for jobs requiring security clearances or handling sensitive materials and/or information. The inspector general stated that in at least three of the aforementioned cases, individuals were able to acquire transportation or aviation worker credentials, giving them access to secured maritime facilities and/or airports.

In at least one case, an individual was able to become a law enforcement officer. In light of this information, ICE has said the Justice Department has made it a priority to investigate cases where individuals were able to obtain jobs of public trust or those involving government clearances.

Another DHS admission is that none of the 400,000 immigrants who have entered the country since 2010 have been pre-screened for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Thanks to a change in policy made by the Obama administration, HIV screening is now voluntary for immigrants entering the U.S., and at least 15 percent of individuals coming into the country have chosen to forgo these checks.

Among immigrants, estimates are that as many as 315 cases of HIV per year go undocumented due to this policy. Anyone who’s diagnosed at a later date is then subject to be treated using federal and state taxpayers’ money. And of course, in the meantime, anyone not knowing their status is liable to infect other people unknowingly.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), one in eight HIV-positive Americans is unaware of their status. Prior to 2010, would-be immigrants diagnosed with HIV were classified as “inadmissible” under Class A government medical regulations.

In a very few cases, HIV-positive immigrants could apply for special waivers from DHS. According to the CDC, in 2009, 186 people were admitted to the U.S. via these waivers. In 2014, 6,000 Americans died from AIDS, and the disease remains a significant public health issue in the U.S. The reason given by the Obama administration for the change in policy at the time was a promise made to gay advocacy organizations.

It’s clear that the government under Obama has made more than its share of errors regarding immigration policies.

Recently, the Spanish division of the ICE tweeted the wrong date for the year of adoption of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, altering it from 1778 to 1779. “This is not [a] middle school [type] of ‘blooper,’” said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies.

He noted that the ICE is in charge of testing new immigrants on this very information. “This is really kind of disturbing. This is almost creepy.”

Of course, for the Obama administration, it may be par for the course. In 2012, at a campaign stop, it was the president himself who referred to the country as having “57 states.” Coincidentally, the number of Muslim countries in the world at the time was 57.

~American Liberty Report


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