In a world rife with evolving national security threats, immigration policy must be more than a humanitarian exercise—it must be a firewall. Unfortunately, that firewall developed gaping holes under the Biden government, as evidenced by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) June 2024 report. The report makes clear what many of us have long feared: that systemic failures in our immigration and asylum vetting process are putting Americans at unnecessary risk. Fortunately, President Donald Trump has the record and the roadmap to fix it.
The OIG’s findings paint a troubling picture.
Between October 2017 and March 2023, over 400,000 affirmative asylum applicants were not properly vetted because U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) failed to fully utilize all federal databases, including critical classified data sources.
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