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Biden admin is not properly vetting illegal aliens, government watchdog finds: 'At risk of admitting dangerous persons'



A recent Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General report revealed that the Biden administration's department "needs to improve its screening and vetting of asylum seekers and noncitizens applying for admission into the United States."

The June 7 report released the audit results of the DHS' vetting procedures for illegal immigrants released into the interior of the country.

'Varied and sometimes inconsistent inspection procedure.'

"We conducted this audit to determine the effectiveness of DHS' technology, procedures, and coordination to screen and vet asylum seekers and noncitizens," the report read.

The audit found that the DHS' procedures "were not fully effective to screen and vet noncitizens applying for admission into the United States or asylum seekers whose asylum applications were pending for an extended period."

It noted that Customs and Border Protection cannot "access all Federal data necessary to enable complete screening and vetting" of illegal aliens. The report also revealed that CBP lacks the technology to conduct biometric matching at land ports of entry and has implemented "varied and sometimes inconsistent inspection procedures."

During its investigation, the inspector general's office found that at three land ports of entry, Border Patrol officers "did not query all vehicle occupants in Simplified Arrival to identify criminal warrants, national security concerns, or border crossing history before admitting them into the country." According to the officers, management "frequently directed" them to "query only drivers to expedite processing," the report said.

Additionally, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services failed to conduct "timely screenings of more than 400,000 affirmative asylum applicants who filed for asylum between October 2017 and March 2023."

The department has also not implemented a "dedicated procedure or comprehensive technology solution to perform interim screening of asylum applicants whose cases were not adjudicated within the required 180-day timeframe," the report stated. As a result, USCIS may not identify illegal aliens "with derogatory information" who are already residing in the U.S.

The inspector general report offered five recommendations, concluding that the DHS must address the outlined issues or it "will remain at risk of admitting dangerous persons into the country or enabling asylum seekers who may pose significant threats to public safety and national security to continue to reside in the United States."

The DHS responded to the report, stating that it plans to implement an "automated biometric entry and exit system" for CBP's use. The department concurred with all of the inspector general's recommendations to improve vetting procedures.

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Republican lawmakers accuse Mayorkas of refusing to hand over files on illegal migrants suspected of serious crimes



Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee, led by Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), accused Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of refusing to hand over files on illegal migrants suspected of committing serious crimes, Fox News Digital reported Monday.

Jordan and subcommittee chairs Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) and Ben Cline (R-Va.) recently penned a letter to Mayorkas renewing requests for documents on more than a dozen migrants.

"The Committee previously wrote to [DHS] for various documents and information, including the production of alien files (A-files) and related immigration case information for several alleged criminal illegal aliens," the lawmakers wrote. "However, to date, DHS has failed to comply with the Committee's requests."

According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, A-Files document interactions migrants have with various government agencies, including USCIS, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"They include all an individual's official immigration and naturalization records and are identified by a unique A-Number. A-Files are central to our agency's daily operations and play a key role in adjudicating immigration benefits and supporting enforcement actions," USCIS stated.

The lawmakers called the DHS' failure to turn over the files "unacceptable," noting that it blocks the subcommittee from "fulfilling its constitutional oversight obligations."

"The Committee may be forced to resort to compulsory process if these requests remain outstanding," lawmakers warned Mayorkas.

Some of the requests that have yet to be fulfilled date back to October, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Fox News Digital.

The letter, dated Thursday, demanded information on Venezuelan national Daniel Hernandez-Martinez, who reportedly "randomly attacked at least three strangers and two cops." Within the first two months of his arrival in New York City, he was arrested and released six times on 14 separate charges.

Lawmakers are also seeking files on Peru national Roberto Emilio Vasquez-Santamaria, who was accused of murder. Additionally, the subcommittee requested information about four of the illegal migrants accused of attacking New York City police officers outside a shelter near Times Square in February.

In March, lawmakers sought files on Diego Ibarra, the brother of the man accused of murdering Laken Riley. According to the letter, Ibarra has Tren de Aragua gang-affiliated tattoos and has had his own "run-ins with the law."

Jordan, McClintock, and Cline provided the DHS with a new deadline of April 25 to produce the files.

In a comment to the Fox News Digital, a DHS spokesperson stated that the subcommittee's requests are "incredibly time consuming."

"A-Files can be thousands of pages long and must typically be redacted for a wide range of information including Law Enforcement Sensitive information that could jeopardize ongoing investigations, private information about junior DHS employees, and attorney client information," the DHS said.

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