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USCIS Reveals Security Risks in Immigration Vetting Process

4/7/2026

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) identified "significant national security and public safety risks" in its vetting processes, calling them "wholly inadequate."
This announcement followed the arrests of Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter Sarinasadat Hosseiny in Los Angeles; both entered the U.S. in 2015 and received green cards under the Biden administration.
USCIS is reviewing asylum applications from high-risk countries and developing a "layered vetting plan" to address security gaps, as officials suspect Soleimani Afshar's asylum claims may have been fraudulent due to her travels to Iran.

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) identified "significant national security and public safety risks" in its vetting processes, calling them "wholly inadequate."
This announcement followed the arrests of Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter Sarinasadat Hosseiny in Los Angeles; both entered the U.S. in 2015 and received green cards under the Biden administration.
USCIS is reviewing asylum applications from high-risk countries and developing a "layered vetting plan" to address security gaps, as officials suspect Soleimani Afshar's asylum claims may have been fraudulent due to her travels to Iran.