The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has launched an investigation into organized fraud among Minnesota’s Somali community.
A retired ICE official, Charles Thaddeus Fillinger, in a 40-page brief published in July 2018, called fraud among Minnesota’s Somali refugee population “the greatest refugee fraud crisis in modern times” and “possibly the biggest blunder in immigration history.” He wrote:
Thousands of fraudulent P-3 refugees (most using false identities) streamed into the United States for years before the suspension. When 25 percent of the U.S. workforce was unemployed in the 1930s, it was called the “Great Depression.” With near 100 percent fraud levels in the failed P-3 program, it is accurate to call it the greatest refugee fraud crisis in modern times.
Dubbed Operation PARRIS, the USCIS probe will focus on Minnesota’s 5,600 refugees who have not yet been given lawful permanent resident status and will involve reexamining thousands of refugee cases through background checks and intensive verification of refugee claims.
On its website, USCIS says Operation PARRIS is “part of a broader strategy to implement enhanced screening standards under Executive Order 14161 and Presidential Proclamation 10949. These directives require federal agencies to identify and implement new vetting enhancements to safeguard the nation from foreign terrorists and other public safety threats.”
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