United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-08-21 monographic deposited born digital 34 p. GA 1.13:AIMD-95-147 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-147 P0b002ee18038ff28 f:ai95147 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-147 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-147 AIMD-95-147 Data integrity Illegal aliens Criminals Arrests Data bases Law enforcement Intergovernmental relations Computerized information systems Immigration or emigration Crimes or offenses INS Deportable Alien Control System INS Central Index System California INS National Automated Immigration Lookout System INS Nonimmigrant Information System INS Student and Schools System Phoenix (AZ) Maricopa County (AZ) INS Identification System National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System Interstate Identification Index INS Alien Documentation, Identification, and Telecommunications System California Criminal History System Letter Report AIMD Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) initiatives for identifying which arrested individuals are aliens, focusing on whether: (1) the Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC) can use existing databases to identify as aliens individuals arrested for aggravated felonies; (2) other INS initiatives will allow identification of aliens arrested for aggravated felonies; and (3) criminal alien information in two INS databases is complete and accurate.<p/>GAO found that: (1) LESC allows law enforcement agencies continuous access to INS data, but LESC electronic searches cannot conclusively identify aliens arrested for aggravated felonies, since name-based data can be easily falsified; (2) LESC has initiated enforcement actions on 1,935 aliens, but released 920 additional aliens for various reasons; (3) at least 46 of the 920 aliens released had been arrested for aggravated felonies; (4) INS is planning to fully implement its INS Identification System in 1999 to provide a unique and effective identifier for aliens encountered for enforcement or benefit purposes, but it will include only known criminal aliens currently in INS databases; (5) INS has recently implemented an initiative to identify criminal aliens entering the country illegally, based on fingerprint data for criminal aliens deported from California; and (6) INS omitted important criminal alien information from certain databases, causing them to be incomplete and inaccurate. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-147/html/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-147.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-147/pdf/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-147.pdf GAO/AIMD-95-147 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-AIMD-95-147 Letter Report GAO/AIMD-95-147; Law Enforcement Support Center: Name-Based Systems Limit Ability to Identify Arrested Aliens; Data integrity Illegal aliens Criminals Arrests Data bases Law enforcement Intergovernmental relations Computerized information systems Immigration or emigration Crimes or offenses INS Deportable Alien Control System INS Central Index System California INS National Automated Immigration Lookout System INS Nonimmigrant Information System INS Student and Schools System Phoenix (AZ) Maricopa County (AZ) INS Identification System National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System Interstate Identification Index INS Alien Documentation, Identification, and Telecommunications System California Criminal History System Public Law 100-690