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Weaknesses In Screening Entrants Into the United States

GAO-03-438T Published: Jan 30, 2003. Publicly Released: Jan 30, 2003.
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This testimony discusses the weakness in screening entrants into the United States. This work was completed in response to a request that agents of the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) attempt to enter the United States from Canada, Mexico, and Jamaica at land, air, and sea ports of entry using fictitious identities and counterfeit identification documents. The purpose was to test whether U.S. government officials conducting inspections at the port of entry would detect the counterfeit identification documents.

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Identity verificationImmigrationInspectionHomeland securityCounterfeit identificationPorts of entryCitizenshipSpecial investigationsFederal assistance programsOpen systems interconnection