Maria Navarro, front center, joins thousands gathered in Chicago's federal plaza Friday, March 10, 2006, for a protest against HR4437, the Border Security bill
WASHINGTON -- Many immigration officers handling requests for green cards, citizenship and other immigration benefits do not have access to key law enforcement and national security databases, said a top federal security official who quit over the issue.
The officers' access to the databases, which would allow them to check whether an applicant had a criminal record or was on the terrorism watch list, was cut off because the government has failed to complete required background checks on the immigration adjudicators.
Maria Navarro, front center, joins thousands gathered in Chicago's federal plaza Friday, March 10, 2006, for a protest against HR4437, the Border Security bill