Monday, September 4, 2023
Feds Flagged Nearly 75,000 Illegal Migrants As Potential National Security Risks
Certain illegal migrants are deemed to be “special interest aliens” because they may have travel patterns that “possibly have a nexus to terrorism” or may come from countries with such ties, according to a 2019 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fact sheet. Border Patrol agents encountered 25,627 “special interest” illegal migrants in fiscal year 2022, compared to 3,675 encounters in fiscal year 2021, according to internal agency data previously obtained by the DCNF; however, this data doesn’t account for all CBP encounters of special interest aliens.(RELATED: Karine Jean-Pierre Asserts Biden Is ‘Stopping The Flow’ Of Illegal Migrants At The Border)
“Generally, an SIA is a non-U.S. person who, based on an analysis of travel patterns, potentially poses a national security risk to the United States or its interests. Often such individuals or groups are employing travel patterns known or evaluated to possibly have a nexus to terrorism. DHS analysis includes an examination of travel patterns, points of origin, and/or travel segments that are tied to current assessments of national and international threat environments,” the DHS definition of special interest aliens states.
“This does not mean that all SIAs are “terrorists,” but rather that the travel and behavior of such individuals indicates a possible nexus to nefarious activity (including terrorism) and, at a minimum, provides indicators that necessitate heightened screening and further investigation,” DHS adds.
Illegal migrants can be deemed special interest aliens based solely on their country of origin, such as Turkey or Uzbekistan, according to an internal Border Patrol document previously obtained by the DCNF.
The FBI is currently searching for a group of more than one dozen Uzbek migrants that federal authorities released into the country after they used an ISIS-tied smuggler to cross the southern border illegally.
Former acting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan told the DCNF it’s alarming that federal authorities chose to release illegal migrants who were known to be special interest aliens.
“So why is it so important to track them down? Because they’re freaking special interest aliens that were smuggled in by somebody with connections to terrorism. Come on, guys. Follow the bouncing ball. I mean, the reason it’s so important is twofold. One, they actually were connected to someone who is connected to a terrorist organization and [two], they’re special interest aliens,” Morgan said.
Special interest aliens are different from illegal migrants whose names appear on the terror watchlist, according to DHS. Individuals whose names appear on the terror watchlist as potential terrorists are “reasonably suspected to be engaging in, has engaged in, or intends to engage in conduct constituting, in preparation for, in aid of, or related to terrorism and/or...
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Sunday, September 3, 2023
Nearly 500 IRS Agents Have Pocketed Mysterious Payments From Private Firms: Watchdog Report
A report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, which was released Tuesday, said that 496 employees received income from either a large accounting firm or corporation “either prior to joining, during their time at, or after leaving the IRS.”
Of those, 241 got paid by a large accounting firm and 255 by a large corporation, according to The Hill.
“Our review found no direct correlation between the employees’ work assignments and the company or firm from which they came or left for in the private sector,” the report said.
“However, our review identified four Office of Chief Counsel non-executive employees who charged time to a private letter ruling in which the taxpayer’s representative was the same large accounting firm that the employee recently worked for before joining the IRS or left the IRS to join. While not a direct correlation, this can raise impartiality concerns,” the report said.
The review said that IRS policies to address potential conflicts of interest “primarily rely on individual self-reporting.”
However, the report warned that “this practice increases the risk for conflicts of interest.”
“For example, the movement of employees in and out of the private sector to public service can increase the risk of conflicts of interest for incoming and outgoing employees and the possibility of undue influence by former or prospective employers that might lead to preferential treatment or create an unfair advantage for specific entities or individuals,” the report said.
The report noted that there are restrictions on what former IRS employees can do after leaving the agency
“The purpose is to prevent an employee from ‘switching sides’ on a matter in which they were involved when employed in a Government agency. However, there are no restrictions that prohibit any former employee, regardless of Government rank or position, from accepting employment with any particular private or public employer,” the report said.
The Hill noted that Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington asked for the investigation.
“The questions raised by giant accounting firms’ use of the revolving door to benefit their clients falls squarely within your missions to ‘promote economy, efficiency and effectiveness’ and ‘prevent and detect fraud and abuse’ in the programs and operations of the Treasury Department and IRS,” they said.
In its response to the report, the IRS said it needs private expertise to do its job.
“Given the report’s focus on large corporate taxpayers, we note that effective tax administration for this segment of the population necessitates having a highly skilled and experienced workforce that can successfully conduct complex audits of...
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