What do we call this? A glitch? An oversight? Gross incompetence? Or, purposeful efforts to sidestep background checks by a corrupt administration?
You call it…
The Washington Times reports – The government suspended naturalization ceremonies and banned officers from approving any new applications for citizenship earlier this week after realizing its background check system was broken and ineligible people may have been slipping through, a key congressman revealed Friday.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, whose office was tipped off to the monumental error, said he was stunned by the problem — and also by the fact that the administration never bothered to inform him of it.
In the internal email Mr. Goodlatte obtained, the associate director at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ordered all officers “not to approve or oath any naturalization cases in ELIS,” referring to the Electronic Immigration System that’s the case management system for processing applications.
“At this point we are not confident that proper FBI Name Checks have been run on certain ELIS cases. At this point we are uncertain of the scope of the problem,” Daniel M. Renaud, the associate director, said in the email.
FBI name checks are a critical part of the application process, giving immigration officers a look at potential criminal histories or other national security red flags that would make someone ineligible for citizenship. Read More: http://www.washingtontimes.com
So,how long is this "glitch" going to take to fix?? I am in the process of becoming a US citizen and been waiting for 2 months for the date of my interview... I am nearly 70, and been living in the United States since 1971, with a lily white record,(unless you count the speeding tickets.) just how much vetting do they need to do on me ?????
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