Report: Feds Allowed 1,000s of Juvenile Gang Members, Criminals to Become Citizens
UNITED STATES, JUL 26 – USCIS found over 800 gang members, including MS-13 and 18th Street members, approved for permanent residence due to insufficient screening in the Special Immigrant Juvenile program.
- On Thursday, USCIS press release revealed that over 300,000 SIJ petitions were examined from 2013 to 2025, and approximately 800 suspected gang members were approved instead of deported.
- Failures in vetting surfaced when the Biden administration's USCIS revealed lax screening and anti-fraud policies, exposing age and identity fraud among SIJP applicants, including suspected gang members.
- Statistics indicate USCIS evaluation reveals nearly 19,000 applicants had criminal arrests, with 120 for murder, and over 200 registered sex offenders.
- USCIS Spokesman Matthew J. Tragesser stated, 'criminal aliens are entering the U.S. through a program meant to protect abused, neglected, or abandoned alien children,' while the report highlights exploitation of the SIJ program by gang members and terrorists.
- Many SIJP applicants are gotaways who illegally entered to evade detection, USCIS report suggests, indicating increased future security risks.
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Report: Feds allowed 1,000s of juvenile gang members, criminals to become citizens
(The Center Square) – Congress has created several programs to allow illegal border crossers claiming to be minors to remain in the U.S. Despite years of documented abuse of the programs, Congress continues to fund them to the tune of…


Feds Allowed 1,000s of Juvenile Gang Members, Criminals to Become Citizens
(The Center Square)–Congress has created several programs to allow illegal border crossers claiming to be minors to remain in the U.S. Despite years of documented abuse of the programs, Congress continues to fund them to the tune of billions of dollars. One is the failed unaccompanied minor program, with decades of documented reports of abuse and neglect of children, The Center Square has reported. Another is the Special Immigrant Juvenile Petit…
US provided path to permanent residence for hundreds of sex offenders, gang members: report
A recent U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services report highlighted critical national security failures in its Special Immigrant Juvenile program that allowed approximately 800 known or suspected gang members to enter the United States. #USCitizenshipandImmigrationServices #immigration #MS13 #TrendeAragua
Report: Feds allowed 1,000s of juvenile gang members, criminals to become citizens | The Highland County Press
Congress has created several programs to allow illegal border crossers claiming to be minors to remain in the U.S. Despite years of documented abuse of the programs, Congress continues to fund them to the tune of billions of dollars.
Report: Feds allowed 1,000s of juvenile gang members, criminals to become citizens - Regional Media News
(The Center Square) – Congress has created several programs to allow illegal border crossers claiming to be minors to remain in the U.S. Despite years of documented abuse of the programs, Congress continues to fund them to the tune of billions of dollars. One is the failed unaccompanied minor program, with decades of documented reports of abuse and neglect of children, The Center Square has reported. Another is the Special Immigrant Juvenile Pet…
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