AZMEX SPECIAL 20 SEP 2016
Comment: Many are questioning the "mistakenly".
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More than 800 immigrants mistakenly granted citizenship
ALICIA A. CALDWELL September 19, 2016
https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-800-immigrants-mistakenly-granted-citizenship-130452164--politics.html
FILE - In this June 5, 2015 file photo, a view of the Homeland Security Department headquarters in Washington. The U.S. government has mistakenly granted citizenship to at least 858 immigrants who had pending deportation orders from countries of concern to national security or with high rates of immigration fraud, according to an internal Homeland Security audit released Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. The Homeland Security Department's inspector general found that the immigrants used different names or birthdates to apply for citizenship with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and such discrepancies weren't caught because their fingerprints were missing from government databases. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has mistakenly granted citizenship to at least 858 immigrants from countries of concern to national security or with high rates of immigration fraud who had pending deportation orders, according to an internal Homeland Security audit released Monday.
The Homeland Security Department's inspector general found that the immigrants used different names or birthdates to apply for citizenship with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and such discrepancies weren't caught because their fingerprints were missing from government databases.
The report does not identify any of the immigrants by name, but Inspector General John Roth's auditors said they were all from "special interest countries" — those that present a national security concern for the United States — or neighboring countries with high rates of immigration fraud. The report did not identify those countries.
In an emailed statement, the Department of Homeland Security said the findings reflect what has long been a problem for immigration officials — old paper-based records containing fingerprint information that can't be searched electronically. DHS says immigration officials are in the process of uploading these files and that officials will review "every file" identified as a case of possible fraud.
Roth's report said fingerprints are missing from federal databases for as many as 315,000 immigrants with final deportation orders or who are fugitive criminals. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not reviewed about 148,000 of those immigrants' files to add fingerprints to the digital record.
The gap was created because older, paper records were never added to fingerprint databases created by both the now-defunct Immigration and Naturalization Service and the FBI in the 1990s. ICE, the DHS agency responsible for finding and deporting immigrants living in the country illegally, didn't consistently add digital fingerprint records of immigrants whom agents encountered until 2010.
The government has known about the information gap and its impact on naturalization decisions since at least 2008 when a Customs and Border Protection official identified 206 immigrants who used a different name or other biographical information to gain citizenship or other immigration benefits, though few cases have been investigated.
Roth's report said federal prosecutors have accepted two criminal cases that led to the immigrants being stripped of their citizenship. But prosecutors declined another 26 cases. ICE is investigating 32 other cases after closing 90 investigations.
ICE officials told auditors that the agency hadn't pursued many of these cases in the past because federal prosecutors "generally did not accept immigration benefits fraud cases." ICE said the Justice Department has now agreed to focus on cases involving people who have acquired security clearances, jobs of public trust or other security credentials.
Mistakenly awarding citizenship to someone ordered deported can have serious consequences because U.S. citizens can typically apply for and receive security clearances or take security-sensitive jobs.
At least three of the immigrants-turned-citizens were able to acquire aviation or transportation worker credentials, granting them access to secure areas in airports or maritime facilities and vessels. Their credentials were revoked after they were identified as having been granted citizenship improperly, Roth said in his report.
A fourth person is now a law enforcement officer.
Roth recommended that all of the outstanding cases be reviewed and fingerprints in those cases be added to the government's database and that immigration enforcement officials create a system to evaluate each of the cases of immigrants who were improperly granted citizenship. DHS officials agreed with the recommendations and said the agency is working to implement the changes.
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Note: Despite the disinformation of the media and politicians, it is about illegal immigration.
Bringing in "refugees" from islamic areas is another separate issue. Mostly computer "english".
Mexico "multicultural"?
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Peña Nieto defends the need to protect migrants
Speaking at the summit on refugees and migrants said 'no barriers to stop the movement of people'
EFE 09/19/2016 11:21
http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2016/09/19/1117686
Speaking at the summit on refugees and migrants said 'no barriers to stop the movement of people'. Notimex Photo Archive
President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, today defended the need to protect migrants and recalled that "history shows that there are no barriers to stop the movement of people".
Not natural nor artificial. For each river there has always been a bridge, for each obstacle has always been a way, "Pena Nieto said in his speech at the summit on refugees and migrants held at the United Nations.
The Mexican president defended the positive role of migrants in the cultures of the countries they come and stressed that the international community must improve their situation.
We have a slope with them that we must all take commitment, because migration represents not only the past and present of mankind, but also its future, "he said.
Peña Nieto focused his speech on migration and stressed the positive nature of population movements, which throughout history have spread traditions, ideas, knowledge, technological advances and values around the world.
Migrants will symbolize the force that has advanced humanity "defended, stressing that" the movement is an essential part of the human being ".
Peña Nieto recalled that his country is "origin, transit, destination and return of people" and is "proud mestizo, multicultural and diverse" result of multiple migrations throughout history.
The Mexicans firmly believe that miscegenation is the future and destiny of humanity, "he said.
Peña Nieto, the "historic" meeting on refugees and migrants who now hosts the UN demonstrates that "attitudes" are changing.
We must put migrants with their rights, dignity and well-being in the center of the global dialogue, "he said.
Looking ahead to the negotiation of global agreements on migrants and refugees to take place in the coming years, Peña Nieto argued that it should be considered a focus on human rights established obligations for States and responsibility between countries of origin, transit and destination.
He also said that those documents should recognize the contributions of migrants to help eradicate intolerance, prejudice and racism and strengthen the capacities of States to assist those who arrive at their borders, among other things.
As anticipated, Mexico has offered to host a preparatory international meeting in 2017 and "will continue to work for migrants as agents of change and development is recognized".
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EPN calls to banish hate speech against migrants
By: Taken Network | 09.19.2016 9:34
MEXICO CITY (Posta)
http://www.elimparcial.com/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Nacional/19092016/1129366-EPN-pide-desterrar-discursos-de-odio-contra-migrantes.html
President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, today made a call from the UN headquarters in New York, to banish hate speech and discrimination against migrants and asked to be the subject of migration the center of the global dialogue.
Mexico is actively participating in multilateral fora to finalize in 2018 the Global Pact for safe and orderly migration and refugee Global Compact.
During the plenary session to address movements of migrants and refugees, Peña Nieto listed seven points which, in consideration of Mexico said should be considered as the beginning of such agreements, the main "human rights approach".
He said other points is the existence of shared responsibility between countries of origin, transit, destination and return to ensure the safety of migrants.
Peña Nieto also requested to address social inclusion approach that eradicates intolerance and hate speech; - also there must be greater international cooperation, governance frameworks that provide transit alternatives and consider climate change and natural phenomena as causes of migration.
He recalled that "migration does not represent only the past and present of mankind, but also its future."
Therefore he reiterated the importance of migrants as agents of change and development, which demanded that human rights are guaranteed and hate speech and discrimination against banished.
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House of Migrant Women in Agua Prieta receives donations
Details Published on Monday September 19, 2016,
Written by Robin Beltran
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=78806
Agua Prieta.
Every two months a US foundation supports a shelter administered by the DIF.
The charity organization Fundación de Corazones Bendecidos gave support to local DIF shelter known as the House of Migrant Women, which was received by Mrs. Luz Aideé Llanes Rodriguez de Rubalcava .
In addition, this group of altruists made a valuable donation of material for cleaning the Municipal Velatorio, in what is the first time to extend its support to other institutions.
The president of DIF reported that this time the Blessed Heart Foundation gave the House of Migrant Women a swing set, where the children of women attending can play and have fun.
He stressed that also made donations of food, clothing and hygiene kits to be delivered to the people who are there.
"The DIF of Agua Prieta want to thank the Blessing Heart Foundation for the support every two months gives the House Migrant Women" said Mrs. Aideé de Rubalcava.
In all things delivered she added, a series of articles intended for cleaning Municipal Velatorio.
"We are very grateful to you because in addition to support the needs of the House of Migrant Women also support us with cleaning materials for the Velatorio of DIF" he said.
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