Probe finds churches’ visa program riddled with fraud

[deadparrot]

WASHINGTON -- A special visa program that allows churches to bring thousands of foreign religious workers into the country each year is riddled with fraud, an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security investigation has found.

The probe found numerous instances in which groups in the United States falsely claimed to be churches, and visa applicants lied about their religious vocations in order to get into the country . More than a third of the visas examined by investigators were based on fraudulent information.

A report on the investigation, obtained by the Globe, said that instances of fraud were particularly high among applicants from predominantly Muslim countries, and the report raised concerns about potential terrorism risks.

Homeland Security auditors who reviewed an application for a 33-year-old Pakistani man, for example, could not locate the alleged religious group listed on the petition as his sponsor, and when investigators went to the group's address they found an apartment complex.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/07/11/probe_finds_churches146_visa_program_riddled_with_fraud/

[Occulus]

1. What a shock.

Not.

[rfranklin]

2. So religious groups are providing access to terrorists....

I wonder how Fox and right wing nuts will handle this one?

[Jackpine Radical]

4. It's only Moozlums dats doin dis.

We shud oney let da Christians run da programs.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

7. That was my first thought as to how this will be spun up. n/t

[redqueen]

3. The Visa system is all kinds of crazy.

Is the embassy in Saudi Arabian still passing them out like free pens?

[sinkingfeeling]

5. OK then, let's round up all these 'illegal immigrants' and ship 'em back!

[Ian David]

6. Nobody would have complained if it were just Christians doing it.

I, personally, have brought in ten thousand immigrants from the country of Elbonia through my church, The World Tabernacle of The Giant Flying Penis.

[formercia]

8. Opus Dei is also bringing in minors

having them raised with connected families and then encouraging these children to join the military once they come of age.


Fearless Leader's Latin America cannon fodder connection.