Leaked Memo: Refugee Fraud 'Easy to Commit,' 'Prevalent'
Published:
Fri, Sep 23rd 2016 @ 2:35 pm EDT
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, released an internal DHS memo they obtained saying the agency relaxed its requirements for refugees to prove who they are, which makes fraud “easy to commit” and hard to detect. In joint-panel testimony, ICE Director Sarah Saldana denied ever seeing the memo but the news could undermine the Administration’s push for more refugees from terror-producing countries.
“The president’s decision to increase overall refugee resettlement — and specifically that of Syrian refugees — ignores warnings from his own national security officials that Syrians cannot be adequately vetted to ensure terrorists are not admitted. Revelations about fraud, security gaps, and lack of oversight have demonstrated that the program is creating national security risks,” Reps. Chaffetz and Goodlatte said in a letter to DHS Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.
The memo included the following:
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/leaked-memo-refugee-fraud-easy-commit-prevalent
