New DHS Proposed Repository Pulls Together Information on Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Applications

08 Sep 2010

The Department of Homeland Security has just proposed to establish a new system of records, the DHS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 012 Citizenship and Immigration Data Repository System of Records. This repository is a mirror image of USCIS’s immigrant and non-immigrant benefits databases, combined in a single location. The repository is presented in a single interface that is updated and easily searchable (within its classified network).

The new repository system, which takes and recompiles existing USCIS data, fulfills three purposes for the federal agency: (1) It reviews USCIS application information for potential immigration fraud and national security concerns; (2) It detects potential fraud and misuse of immigration information by USCIS employees; and (3) it enables a method to respond to requests for information from the Homeland Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis and members of the law enforcement community that can have access to that classified information.