"Let's be realistic. Our government bureaucrats simply cannot implement a program for 11 million illegal aliens..." Obviously, we need to establish a whole new government bureaucracy specifically designed to handle this job. </sarcasm>
Posted on 04/04/2006 5:44:31 PM PDT by strategofr
As President Bush and his allies in the Senate push forward for amnesty for the 11-12 million illegal aliens already in the United States and for a guest-worker program that would bring in millions more “temporary” workers, they are withholding an important report that scathingly indicts the agency that would be processing the massive influx of aliens we would expect under the proposed programs.
An investigation by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), the agency within the Department of Homeland Security in charge of adjudicating immigration benefits such as citizenship and permanent residency, is rife with fraud. The report has not been released, but a draft of the report obtained by the Washington Times says, “Adjudicators we spoke with said that management’s focused attention on reducing the backlog placed additional pressure on them to process applications faster, thereby increasing the risk of making incorrect decisions, including approval of potentially fraudulent applications.” The GAO report says that fraud in some categories of visas is as high as 30 percent.
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), who has seen the report, told his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 2: “Let’s be realistic. Our government bureaucrats simply cannot implement a program for 11 million illegal aliens. You’d all be shocked if you learned about the internal fraud and abuse at the Citizenship and Immigration Service. I have been investigating the internal problems at CIS as well as their backlog of national security cases. The bureau doesn’t have an effective practice for reviewing these cases. Officials are being bribed. Visas are being given away. Green cards are being sold. CIS is giving out interim benefits, which is a precursor for additional privileges.... And we want this agency to handle the program in an effective manner? That’s unrealistic.”
It is beyond unrealistic; it is criminally irresponsible.
Well, somebody's got to collect and distribute the payola. May as well be an agency that's good at it. ;<
I used to sit in the office they had in Charleston and listen to the workers SCREAM at the applicants, as if yelling at them would help them understand. They did it to me one time, after which I never again went to their office without my uniform (Navy), complete with my master-at-arms badge (looks like a police badge). I would charge the desk like a jack-booted Nazi with the meanest look on my face that I could muster. It went from, "DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?!?!?" to "How are you doing today, sir?" that easily.
You may think I'm exaggerating, but it's true. I couldn't quite believe it, either.
If you can post this pdf document, it tells quite a story. It came from Micheal Cutler, former INS agent and pundit on TV.
It is from USIS, who would be responsible for administering a new guest worker program. In it they outline what they do every day. It also gives an idea of how many legal entries are being allowed. Here's a snip and the url.
http://uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/DayinLife_050629.pdf
Some of the DAILY work of USIS according to their own document:
* Conduct 135,000 national security background checks
* process 30,000 applications for immigrant benefits
* Issue 7,000 permanent resident cards (green cards -PER DAY)
* Welcome 2100 new citizens.
* Welcome 3500 new permanent residents.
If you can post this pdf document, it tells quite a story. It came from Micheal Cutler, former INS agent and pundit on TV.
It is from USIS, who would be responsible for administering a new guest worker program. In it they outline what they do every day. It also gives an idea of how many legal entries are being allowed. Here's a snip and the url.
http://uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/DayinLife_050629.pdf
Some of the DAILY work of USIS according to their own document:
* Conduct 135,000 national security background checks
* process 30,000 applications for immigrant benefits
* Issue 7,000 permanent resident cards (green cards -PER DAY)
* Welcome 2100 new citizens.
* Welcome 3500 new permanent residents.
God bless ya, Chuck.
"Let's be realistic. Our government bureaucrats simply cannot implement a program for 11 million illegal aliens..." Obviously, we need to establish a whole new government bureaucracy specifically designed to handle this job. </sarcasm>
And we will have to increase their budget each year. Inter-agency task forces must be assigned, and since we will have to have all Americans certified as citizens; we can implement a document fee that will fund all of this. Brilliant!
A friend and I were talking on the phone about this and she came up with an even better idea...
Outsource all this work to India. Of course, your oversight committee would still be needed.
"You may think I'm exaggerating, but it's true. I couldn't quite believe it, either."
Interesting. Not really hard to believe for anyone with experience with government bureaucracy.
"You may think I'm exaggerating, but it's true. I couldn't quite believe it, either"
Yepp been through the same thing as well. Norfolk office so unhelpful an so unfriendly and baltimore wasnt much better. They even seemed surprised that i spoke english.
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