Saturday, March 3, 2012

In one year, thousands of people who should not have been allowed to enter US slip by officers

Some 21,000 people who should not have been allowed to enter the United States came through official border crossing points between Oct. 1, 2005, and Sept. 30, 2006, according to a government report released Monday.

After the 2001 terror attacks, the government reorganized its border security operations and increased security measures to prevent people from falsifying travel documents or using other deceptive methods to enter the country through such legal entry points as airports and border crossings. Some of the hijackers who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks entered the U.S. this way, although most had legal papers.

The Government Accountability Office …

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