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In a rare action, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (IG) recommended US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) “stop plans to reinstate use of the Electronic Immigration System (ELIS) to process naturalization benefits for immigrants.”
The IG stated, “The urgent recommendation stems from an ongoing review which discovered alarming security concerns regarding inadequate background checks and other functionality problems with ELIS. Rather than waiting several months to issue a report when the ongoing audit is completed, the IG is taking the extraordinary step of elevating this urgent issue to USCIS leadership early so that immediate corrective action can be taken.”
In August 2016, the IG explained, “USCIS decided to discontinue the use of ELIS to process naturalization applications due to these problems. However, during its current review, the IG learned of an impending decision by USCIS to return to ELIS processing in late January 2017.”
originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: rickymouse
It is a bit confusing.
That system must be too.
originally posted by: rickymouse
I read that and can't figure out what the hell they are actually saying, have they not checked the backgrounds of these people or not verified the information before proceeding? It sounds like that is what they are trying to say without saying it directly. Nobody is following up on the info seems to be the problem that I see.
Is my interpretation right? Getting tired.
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: rickymouse
I read that and can't figure out what the hell they are actually saying, have they not checked the backgrounds of these people or not verified the information before proceeding? It sounds like that is what they are trying to say without saying it directly. Nobody is following up on the info seems to be the problem that I see.
Is my interpretation right? Getting tired.
The US doesn't have a database on everyone around the world. We have our database, and often we can request information from other nations if we think they have information. If both come back clean, and the person doesn't match a record of known criminals/terrorists, what do you expect them to do?
We can't know what we don't know.