Counterfeit Documents Used to Enter the United States From Certain Western Hemisphere Countries Not Detected
GAO-03-713T
Published: May 13, 2003. Publicly Released: May 13, 2003.
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This testimony discusses the results of security tests we performed in which agents of the Office of Special Investigations (OSI), acting in an undercover capacity, entered the United States from various countries in the Western Hemisphere using counterfeit documentation and fictitious identities. This work was initially undertaken at the request of the Senate Finance Committee and was continued at the request of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, House Committee on the Judiciary. The purpose of our tests was to determine whether U.S. government officials conducting inspections at ports of entry would detect the counterfeit identification documents.
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Border securityHomeland securityIdentification cardsIdentity verificationImmigrationInspectionCounterfeit identificationBorder controlAirportsCitizenship