United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-05-13 monographic deposited born digital 7 p. GA 1.13:GAO-03-713T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-713T P0b002ee1803859a6 f:d03713t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-713T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-713T GAO-03-713T Identification cards Identity verification Immigration or emigration Inspection National preparedness Passports Barbados Canada Jamaica Mexico Testimony A06907 This testimony discusses the results of security tests we performed in which agents of the Office of Special Investigations (OSI), acting in an undercover capacity, entered the United States from various countries in the Western Hemisphere using counterfeit documentation and fictitious identities. This work was initially undertaken at the request of the Senate Finance Committee and was continued at the request of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, House Committee on the Judiciary. The purpose of our tests was to determine whether U.S. government officials conducting inspections at ports of entry would detect the counterfeit identification documents. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-713T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-713T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-713T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-713T.pdf GAO-03-713T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-713T Testimony GAO-03-713T; Counterfeit Documents Used to Enter the United States From Certain Western Hemisphere Countries Not Detected; Identification cards Identity verification Immigration or emigration Inspection National preparedness Passports Barbados Canada Jamaica Mexico