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An agency rife with fraud would administer guest-worker program.(Government Accountability Office investigating Citizenship and Immigration Services)
As President Bush and his allies in the Senate push forward for amnesty for the 11-12 million illegal aliens already in the United States and for a guest-worker program that would bring in millions more "temporary" workers, they are withholding an important report that scathingly indicts the agency that would be processing the massive influx of aliens we would expect under the proposed programs.
An investigation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), the agency within the Department of Homeland Security in charge of adjudicating immigration benefits such as citizenship and permanent residency, is rife with fraud. The report has not been released, but a draft of the report obtained by the Washington Times says, "Adjudicators we spoke with said that management's focused attention on reducing the backlog placed additional pressure on them to process applications faster, thereby increasing the risk of making incorrect decisions, including approval of ...
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- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs Haddal, Chad C. June 1, 2007 700+ words
...which adjudicates immigration benefit applications. As immigration services grow in complexity, questions have emerged concerning...adjudication costs. Cost estimates by both USCIS and Government Accountability Office had found that the previous fee structure was...
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...enforcement effort, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO report found that the rules...Security Administration, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have created an environment in which nearly 10 million...
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...director of homeland security and justice issues at the Government Accountability Office (GAO), reiterated long-standing criticisms...new branch under Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has been established specifically to review...
- The Buzz.(US Citizenship and Immigration Services plans to spend to...
- Magazine article from: eWeek May 15, 2006 700+ words
...adjudicate applications for immigration status. Automating all those files is no small matter, says the Government Accountability Office. In a report released May 1, the GAO outlined the challenges the USCIS is going to face automating...
- Detroit airport terminal could get immigration services.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News September 8, 2004 700+ words
...Authority will consider including immigration services at the building, which would open...the most say among them -- says immigration services will stay at the Berry Terminal...the North Terminal will include immigration services. The authority's board would...
- Chinese commentary stresses importance of clear government accountability.
- Newspaper article from: BBC Monitoring International Reports March 13, 2006 700+ words
...enforcement accountability system, a government accountability system, and an accountability...decisions. The incorporation of "government accountability" in the country's intermediate...area of ambiguity" regarding government accountability in fulfilling its responsibility...
- Improving government accountability.
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...appreciation of the fundamentals of government accountability when they crafted the proposed...opposition-inspired improvements to government accountability. As one official put it, this...Conservatives proposals acknowledged that Government accountability in the parliamentary system ...
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- Newspaper article from: BBC Monitoring International Reports April 3, 2009 700+ words
...30 March The forth term of a government accountability report to the nation started...problems like what happened during government accountability weeks last years. It should...time. The past three terms of government accountability report to the nation, were more...
- REP. ZOE LOFGREN HOLDS A HEARING ON U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES...
- News wire article from: Political/Congressional Transcript Wire September 24, 2007 700+ words
...THE U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES FEE INCREASE RULE SEPTEMBER...DIRECTOR, U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES RENDELL JONES, CFO, U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES MICHAEL AYTES, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR...
- Fee increase, deadline approaching: Immigrants rush to change status: The time...
- News wire article from: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) July 19, 2007 700+ words
...her office at Catholic Charities' Immigration Services. "Sorry, but it's crazy right...times the norm at Catholic Charities Immigration Services, a small house-turned-office...according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The agency reported having 2...
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