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Saturday, December 25, 2004

Stolen Passports


Source: www.cnn.com

Inspector: Stolen passports often work
Lawmaker calls for better coordination between agencies
Thursday, December 23, 2004 Posted: 8:33 PM EST (0133 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Non-residents applying for admission to the United States using stolen passports have little reason to fear being caught and are usually admitted, the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General said in a report issued Thursday.

"Our analysis showed that it made only a small difference whether the stolen passports were posted in the lookout system," said the report. That system contains information about aliens who may be admissible or may be of interest to a law enforcement agency.

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