Subsequent to last month’s posting of the article entitled Swinging the Door Wide Open: Asylum
Fraud, I learned
that our former and highly-regarded colleague, Don Crocetti, was among the
subject matter experts invited to testify before the House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Don’s testimony, can be accessed here: DON'S TESTIMONY
This testimony addresses numerous abuses and
vulnerabilities disclosed by a benefit fraud assessment conducted by USCIS’
Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) Directorate, for which he was the
architect and former director.
As you will see upon reading the testimony, the referenced
asylum fraud assessment and several others conducted by FDNS during Don’s
tenure as chief never made it through USCIS’ bureaucratic maze of internal
review and approval, thus were never finalized and released for public
knowledge. [So much for transparency, huh? Surprised?]
Don explained to Congress that a statutory mandate is
needed because immigration services components have historically been more
focused on increasing production and reducing processing times, than enhancing
quality and integrity, which is extremely dangerous in today’s post 9/11 world.
I hope you find Don’s testimony thoughtful and worthy of
your time reading it. I encourage you to provide comments on the InsideINS
blog, as I believe this subject is very worthy of discussion by
the people who know best; you! Also feel free to provide comments directly to
Don via the Contact Us tab on his Immigration Integrity
Group website here: IMMIGRATION INTEGRITY GROUP
Ben Ferro
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