House investigators will hold a hearing this week on President Obama's immigrant visa application policy following an inspector general report that immigration enforcement bureaucrats pressure officers to approve potentially fraudulent immigrant visa applications.
"It’s outrageous that administration officials would compromise national security for their own political agenda and gain," said House Judiciary Committee chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas. "The Immigration Subcommittee plans to hold a hearing in February on visa fraud and will investigate these alleged abuses by the administration," he added.
Smith was responding to "a recent Inspector General report that Obama administration officials at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [USCIS] have pressured officers to rush questionable immigrant visa applications," saying that such a policy "undermines the integrity of our immigration system and threatens national security."
The Daily reported today that "A 40-page report, drafted by the Office of Inspector General in September but not publicly released, details the immense pressure immigration service officers are under to approve visa applications quickly, sometimes while overlooking concerns about fraud, eligibility or security."
The Daily added that at least five immigration enforcement officers had faced reassignment or demotion for denying too many visa applications.
"These applications need thorough vetting because they often lead to U.S. citizenship," Smith also said in his statement.
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HOPE I'M NOT DEAD WHILE WAITING...HOUSE IS AFRAID OF OBAMA, DO NOTHING CONGRESS. ALL TALK, NO ACTION..........GOD BLESS ALL