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Obama’s ICE didn’t follow procedure for checking illegal immigrants’ ties to terrorism

Jan 17, 2018 6:41 am By Robert Spencer

What could possibly go wrong, you greasy Islamophobe?

“Obama’s ICE Didn’t Follow Procedure For Checking Illegal Immigrants’ Ties to Terrorism,” by Elizabeth Harrington, Washington Free Beacon, January 16, 2018:

During the Obama administration, 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 immigrants who had been released for terrorist ties. Every single case of a suspected terrorist reviewed by the inspector general included errors, where ICE officials were not in compliance with security standards.

“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 immigrants who were detained and identified as “known or suspected terrorists.” The inspector general reviewed 40 of those cases.

“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, 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.”

In addition, ICE did not always run initial background checks, “contact the appropriate external personnel at the required points in the process,” or “fully document its actions.”

ICE blamed these deficiencies on “limited program oversight and weak management controls.”

In 10 cases, ICE had not completed requirements for “reporting aliens confirmed as known or suspected terrorists,” including not placing a hard copy noting the alien’s terrorism ties in their case file.

ICE warned that the problem is continuing into the Trump administration, noting the agency has identified “at least 19 more cases since January 2016 when field personnel did not transmit the required incident reports to ICE headquarters.”…

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  1. RichardL says

    Jan 17, 2018 at 6:51 am

    the criminal idiocy of 0bama will become more and more apparent now that he is gone. They couldn’t screen them because that would be “racial profiling”. Only officers who wanted to be fired for being obvious “racists” could do their job properly under 0bama.

    • Andy says

      Jan 17, 2018 at 10:45 am

      A BUNCH OF REAL DUMMIES, i”LL TELL YOU!!!

      • CRUSADER says

        Jan 17, 2018 at 7:47 pm

        Dummies

        Dhimmis

        all the same

      • LeftisruiningCanada says

        Jan 17, 2018 at 9:09 pm

        havin’ a great time, those three brothers of the revolution.

  2. mike9a says

    Jan 17, 2018 at 7:49 am

    traitor is as traitor does

  3. Kay says

    Jan 17, 2018 at 9:15 am

    Smooth talking fox: “gingerbread boy, I am your friend”
    . . . but he didn’t look out for the common good. Still, way too many are fooled, thinking he did.

  4. Rob says

    Jan 17, 2018 at 10:10 am

    No need to follow procedure… what could possibly go wrong?

  5. CRUSADER says

    Jan 17, 2018 at 10:38 am

    Another nail in his legacy coffin.

  6. MFritz says

    Jan 17, 2018 at 10:39 am

    Ranking *up* in the list of worst US-presidents every day?

  7. Tom says

    Jan 17, 2018 at 1:53 pm

    Why would they, Obama was the problem, not the solution.

    When you have a president hell bent on destroying the USA in any way possible, of course the government departments under the control of such a president are going to be dysfunctional and working toward the fulfillment of the presidential agenda.

  8. The Happy Kafir says

    Jan 17, 2018 at 2:57 pm

    The Obamas absolutely refuse to view Islam as anything other than a “religion of peace.” You simply cannot convince them otherwise.

  9. gravenimage says

    Jan 17, 2018 at 3:10 pm

    Obama’s ICE didn’t follow procedure for checking illegal immigrants’ ties to terrorism
    ………………….

    Well, this should surprise no one.

    • Bezelel says

      Jan 17, 2018 at 4:40 pm

      I’m ready for a pleasant surprise, like an indictment for the saboteur hussein obola. Gitmo would be a nice tropical paradise for his permanent retirement. He shouldn’t be allowed on American soil again.

    • LeftisruiningCanada says

      Jan 17, 2018 at 9:13 pm

      Let’s meet back here in a few years time, once Trudeau’s real treachery comes out. One can only imagine the extent of quiet invasion that has occurred under a regime that appoints a somali muslim to head immigration control.

  10. CRUSADER says

    Jan 17, 2018 at 6:44 pm

    It would be great if DHS and DOJ could bring criminal charges against leaders of Sanctuary Cities in USA.

    • CRUSADER says

      Jan 17, 2018 at 6:46 pm

      Center for Immigration Studies

      https://cis.org/Map-Sanctuary-Cities-Counties-and-States

  11. Cheer Bear Girl says

    Jan 17, 2018 at 10:24 pm

    Obama will always be the saboteur in chief. He was the worst mistake my country ever made.

  12. Eric jones says

    Jan 18, 2018 at 12:47 am

    As a run up to the 2008 election my best friend asked me to look into Obama. I said that’s easy Obama is an elected official. Everything I looked at indicated to me that Obam was a Wall St. puppet. I began to warn people back then.

    Then the world watched the destruction of Libya in 2011. I began to ask the question; ” Do we have a jihadist in the White House?” The answer is resoundingly yes we had a jihadist in the White House. Obozo is a traitor and should be in Leavenworth or Gitmo.
    The main stream media has been covering up for Obozo all of these years and bears some responsibility.

    Eric

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