These lapses occurred under Operation Allies Welcome, a program that saw U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services adjudicate 13,682 asylum cases. The oversight comes as vetting processes face scrutiny after an Afghan national admitted through the program was charged in a shooting that killed one National Guard soldier and wounded another in Washington DC last year.
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DHS IG Missed Terror Risks in a 40% Rate of Afghan Vetting Errors
US Politics22 days ago
The U.S. government failed to spot potential terrorism links in some files when processing Afghans during the 2021 withdrawal from Kabul. A redacted Department of Homeland Security Inspector General report found that officials missed terror-related inadmissibility in two asylum cases and revealed a 40% failure rate across a random sample of 678 files. The audit identified 303 missed aliases, 23 missing security checks against FBI and national security databases, 45 unresolved records of derogatory information, and 115 documentation issues.
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