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INS Fingerprinting of Aliens: Efforts to Ensure Authenticity of Aliens' Fingerprints

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Dec. 22, 1994
Report No. GGD-95-40
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Summary:

This report examines the Immigration and Naturalization Service's (INS) fingerprinting procedures for aliens applying for benefits such as permanent residency and naturalization. GAO discusses what actions INS has taken in response to the findings of a February 1994 report by the Justice Department Office of Inspector General. GAO evaluates (1) changes INS took or planned to take to ensure that the fingerprints aliens submit to INS are their own, including the options that INS considered to improve the integrity of the fingerprint process and the future impact of automated fingerprinting identification systems; (2) steps INS had taken to ensure prompt mailing of fingerprint cards to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and timely filing of criminal history reports from the FBI; and (3) how INS followed up on fingerprint cards rejected by the FBI because of illegibility or incomplete information.

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