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| Obama’s ICE Didn’t Follow Procedure For Checking Illegal Immigrants’ Ties to Terrorism |
| 2018-01-17 |
| [FREEBEACON] During the B.O. regime, Immigration and Customs Enforcement was not following proper procedures when checking if illegal aliens were known terrorists, jeopardizing national security, according to an audit. The office of inspector general found that between 2013 and 2015, ICE was not screening illegal im "ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) faces challenges in implementing the Known or Suspected Terrorist Encounter Protocol (KSTEP) screening process, which is used to identify aliens who may be known or suspected terrorists," the inspector general said. "Although ERO uses KSTEP to screen all aliens who are in ICE custody, ERO policy does not require continued screening of the approximately 2.37 million aliens when released and under ICE supervision." Between 2013 and 2015 there were 142 cases of illegal im "All 40 files had at least one instance of noncompliance with KSTEP policy, generating greater concerns regarding the population of aliens screened and determined to have no connections to terrorism," the inspector general said. In addition to not following security protocols, the majority of ICE field offices do not have access to the Department of Homeland Security's classified networks, which enables them to "communicate about derogatory information related to known or suspected terrorists." "As a result, ERO may be missing opportunities to identify, take into custody, communicate status of, and make decisions on those aliens who pose the highest risk to national security and public safety," the inspector general said. Of the 40 cases reviewed under the audit, nearly half were missing required background checks while the illegal alien was detained. "ERO is to conduct separate biographic and biometric queries on every alien taken into custody and/or released," the inspector general said. "However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... in these instances, at least one of the required queries was either run by non-ERO personnel, was not performed while the subject was in ICE custody, or was not applied." |
| Posted by:Fred |