联邦检查员发现,在他们审查的为阿富汗国民提供的庇护申请中,有40%存在一项或多项文件或审查错误,结论是这些缺陷增加了美国公民及移民服务局(USCIS)可能遗漏信息的风险,而这些信息可能使部分申请人不符合庇护资格。
Federal inspectors identified one or more documentation or vetting errors in 40% of asylum applications they reviewed for Afghan nationals admitted under the Biden administration's Operation Allies Welcome program, concluding the deficiencies increased the risk U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) could miss information that may have made some applicants ineligible for asylum.
9月23日,国土安全部(DHS)审计办公室的报告审查了678份由通过“盟友欢迎行动”入境的阿富汗国民提交的庇护申请样本,该行动是拜登政府在美国撤离阿富汗后启动的倡议。
The Sept. 23 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General report reviewed a sample of 678 asylum applications filed by Afghan nationals admitted through Operation Allies Welcome, the Biden administration initiative launched after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
检查员发现有303个缺失的别名,23个缺失的安全检查,以及超过150项其他文件缺陷,其中包括两起可能因与恐怖主义相关的理由而不具入境资格的申请人案例。
Inspectors identified 303 missing aliases, 23 missing security checks and more than 150 additional documentation deficiencies, including two cases involving applicants who may have been inadmissible on terrorism-related grounds.
前USCIS官员及同谋因涉嫌960,000美元公民身份贿赂计划被起诉这些发现发生在“盟友欢迎行动”在多起高调逮捕阿富汗国民后再次受到审查之际。
FORMER USCIS OFFICIAL, ACCOMPLICE CHARGED IN ALLEGED $960K CITIZENSHIP BRIBERY SCHEME The findings come as Operation Allies Welcome has faced renewed scrutiny following several high-profile arrests of Afghan nationals admitted under the program.
福克斯新闻数字版此前曾报道过一名涉嫌ISIS-K支持者、一名因发出恐怖主义威胁被起诉的阿富汗国民以及另一名通过“盟友欢迎行动”入境后因被定罪为对未成年人猥亵而随后被逮捕的阿富汗国民的逮捕情况。
Fox News Digital has previously reported on the arrests of an alleged ISIS-K supporter, an Afghan national charged with making terroristic threats and another Afghan national admitted under Operation Allies Welcome who was later arrested after being convicted of indecent exposure to a minor.
在一份新闻稿中,国土安全部辩称该报告显示拜登政府“危险地管理不善”了“盟友欢迎行动”,并表示一项诉讼和解要求USCIS在150天内裁决90%的庇护申请,迫使该机构将速度置于更彻底的审查之上。
In a press release, DHS argued the report demonstrated the Biden administration "dangerously mismanaged" Operation Allies Welcome, saying a lawsuit settlement that required USCIS to adjudicate 90% of asylum applications within 150 days forced the agency to prioritize speed over more thorough reviews.
该国土安全部审计办公室报告指出,数百个申请人的别名未被记录,强调准确记录的重要性,并指出有一名申请人拥有124个已知别名。
The DHS inspector general report, which noted hundreds of aliases had not been recorded for applicants, underscored the importance of accurate record keeping, pointing out one applicant had 124 known aliases.
报告指出,“未完成 FBI 名称核查”占报告所识别的缺失安全检查的近 60%。
The report said that "missed FBI name checks" accounted for nearly 60% of the absent security checks that the report identified.
报告还指出两份涉及潜在恐怖主义相关担忧的庇护申请。在其中一例中,记录政府审查的必要文件完全缺失;在另一例中,主管开始审批流程但从未完成最终步骤,导致没有明确记录表明审查已完成。
The report also flagged two asylum applications involving applicants with potential terrorism-related concerns. In one case, required paperwork documenting the government's review was missing entirely.
军队退伍军人立法者以猛烈言辞向拜登-哈里斯致敬,称“可耻的失败”,纪念阿比盖特门周年。保守派移民研究中心执行董事马克·克里科里安表示,监察长的调查结果加强了自 2021 年混乱的喀布尔撤离以来批评者提出的担忧。
In another, supervisors began the approval process but never completed the final step, leaving no clear record that the review had been finished. ARMY VET LAWMAKER MARKS ABBEY GATE ANNIVERSARY WITH BLISTERING MESSAGE FOR BIDEN-HARRIS: 'ABJECT FAILURE' Mark Krikorian, executive director of the conservative Center for Immigration Studies, said the inspector general's findings reinforce concerns critics have raised since the chaotic Kabul evacuation in 2021.
克里科里安在接受福克斯新闻数字采访时表示:“40% 的申请存在错误,这令人担忧。”他补充说:“这份 IG 报告进一步凸显了我们被保证正在进行的审查是多么肤浅甚至轻率。”克里科里安指出,许多撤离者首先被飞往第三国的临时处理中心,亦称“莲花垫”,随后才被接纳进入美国。虽然这些地点允许美国官员进行额外处理,但他认为实际情况是合作国并不打算永久接纳撤离者,导致美国实际上承担了重新安置他们的责任。
"The fact that 40% of these applications have errors is alarming," Krikorian told Fox News Digital. "This IG report just underlines how superficial and even frivolous the vetting that we were assured was going on was." Krikorian said many evacuees were first flown to temporary processing hubs, sometimes referred to as "lily pads," in third countries before ultimately being admitted to the United States. While those locations allowed U.S. officials to conduct additional processing, he argued the practical reality was that partner countries were not going to permanently accept the evacuees, leaving the United States effectively committed to resettling them.
“国土安全官员之死让机构‘心碎’,审查失效暴露” 之后的引语: “一旦货舱门关闭,我们就被困在那些人身上,”克里科里安说,并指出美国在喀布尔混乱撤离期间,一旦撤离者登上撤离航班,便实际上承担了重新安置他们的责任。
HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIAL'S KILLING LEAVES AGENCY 'DEVASTATED' AS VETTING BREAKDOWN EXPOSED "As soon as that cargo bay door closed, we're stuck with those people," Krikorian said, noting how the United States effectively committed itself to resettling evacuees once they boarded evacuation flights during the chaotic Kabul withdrawal.
克里科里安认为,监察长的报告很可能低估了问题的严重性;因为监察人员只能发现他们在审查的文件中存在的文件缺陷,而无法确定所有申请人是否都经过了彻底的审核。
Krikorian argued the inspector general's report likely understated the scope of the problem because inspectors could only identify documentation deficiencies visible in the files they reviewed, not determine whether every applicant had been thoroughly vetted.
最终,监察长提出了五项建议,旨在加强美国公民及移民服务局(USCIS)对“盟友欢迎计划”(Operation Allies Welcome)下提交的庇护申请书的审核工作,这些建议包括:完善申请人别名的记录、确保必要的安全审查程序得到妥善记录,以及加强对审批文件的监督。根据报告,美国公民及移民服务局同意了这五项建议。
The inspector general ultimately made five recommendations aimed at strengthening USCIS' review of Operation Allies Welcome asylum applications, including improving documentation of applicant aliases, ensuring required security checks are properly recorded and enhancing oversight of adjudication files. USCIS agreed with all five recommendations, according to the report.