IG Report: DHS Admitting Noncitizens Without ID May ‘Increase National Security Risks’; Unvetted Illegal Immigrants Without ID Allowed to Fly and DHS is Ok With That

By admin On Oct 17, 2024

IG Report: DHS Admitting Noncitizens Without ID May ‘Increase National Security Risks’:

Neither CBP nor ICE ‘could determine how many of the millions of noncitizens seeking entry in the United States each year entered without’ ID.

Federal agencies tasked with protecting U.S. borders have allowed illegal border crossers to enter the United States without adequate vetting and board domestic flights, a new Department of Homeland Security inspector general report found.

The 37-page document published on September 30 may be heavily redacted, but it paints a clear picture of the “potential risk” posed to Americans thanks to the willingness of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Transportation Security Agency to admit noncitizens without ID into the country.

“Under current processes, CBP and ICE cannot ensure they are keeping high-risk noncitizens without identification from entering the country. Additionally, TSA cannot ensure its vetting and screening procedures prevent high-risk noncitizens who may pose a threat to the flying public from boarding domestic flights,” the report states.

Federal law deems noncitizens without ID “not admissible into the country” and potentially “subject … to removal from the United States without further hearing or review.” According to Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari, however, CBP and ICE routinely use the law’s asylum and humanitarian exceptions to offer documentation to noncitizens without ID based solely on “self-reported biographical information.”

Neither agency, the report warned, “could determine how many of the millions of noncitizens seeking entry in the United States each year entered without identification and whose self-reported biographic information was accepted.”

Already, this system has paved the way for several of the dozens of illegal borders who appear on the terrorist watchlist to be permitted entry to the United States despite being considered “high-risk individuals.”

Cuffari noted that both CBP and ICE immigration officers “acknowledged the risks” of permitting the mass entry of ID-less foreigners into the country. “Yet neither CBP nor ICE conducted a comprehensive risk assessment for these noncitizens to assess the level of risk these individuals present and developed corresponding mitigation measures,” he added. —>READ MORE HERE

Unvetted Illegal Immigrants Without ID Allowed to Fly and DHS is Ok With That:

The Security Blind Spot: Why Noncitizens Without ID Are Boarding U.S. Flights and What DHS Is (Not) Doing About It

Imagine hopping on a domestic flight in the U.S., breezing through airport security with the usual checkpoint routine: showing your ID, passing through metal detectors, and maybe getting a pat-down if the machines decide to be finicky. Now, imagine standing in line next to someone who is about to board the same plane as you—but without any government-issued ID in hand.

Sound far-fetched? Well, according to a new report by the Office of Inspector General (OIG), it’s happening more often than you think, and it’s raising serious security concerns. The OIG’s report, released on September 30, 2024, revealed a major flaw in how U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are handling noncitizens who enter the United States without proper identification. Even worse, these individuals are being allowed to board domestic flights with little more than a self-reported name and a vetting process that doesn’t fully mitigate the risks.

Why Was the Evaluation Conducted?

Let’s start with the basics. The primary responsibility of CBP and ICE is to verify the identity of noncitizens who are seeking entry into the U.S. It sounds simple enough, right? But what happens when a noncitizen enters the country without identification? According to federal law, noncitizens who don’t have any form of ID should be detained and not allowed entry. But there’s a loophole here: CBP and ICE officials are given discretion to release noncitizens into the U.S. under certain circumstances, often based solely on biographical information provided by the individuals themselves.

This brings us to the TSA, the agency tasked with screening every individual who intends to board a domestic flight. As we all know, TSA requires ID from every passenger. So how are these noncitizens, without any ID, able to fly? The OIG wanted to find out whether CBP, ICE, and TSA have appropriate policies in place to ensure that these individuals are properly identified before they are allowed on a plane—and whether the TSA’s screening process is as robust as it should be for these cases.