{"id":1076211,"date":"2021-12-02T10:43:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076211"},"modified":"2021-12-02T10:43:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T15:43:46","slug":"dhs-inspector-general-vetting-program-for-foreign-truckers-exposes-u-s-to-security-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-inspector-general-vetting-program-for-foreign-truckers-exposes-u-s-to-security-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS Inspector General: Vetting Program for Foreign Truckers Exposes U.S. to Security Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdhs-inspector-general-vetting-program-for-foreign-truckers-exposes-u-s-to-security-threats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1076211&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/e-zpasslane-ap.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A report released by the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Office of Inspector General flew under the radar when it was released in early fall but it has significant implications for border security as the United States turns to foreign truck drivers to address the supply chain crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oversight.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/oig-reports\/DHS\/OIG-21-70-Sep21-Redacted.pdf\">stated<\/a> its findings:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote readability=\"11\">\n<p>U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) does not always ensure only low-risk drivers participate in its Free and Secure Trade (FAST) program. According to CBP\u2019s policy, CBP vets drivers using a point-based standard and must resolve all disqualifying factors prior to approving applicants. However, CBP approved 45 of 368 (12 percent) drivers active during fiscal year 2019 with potentially disqualifying records who may not be considered low risk. CBP approved these drivers when it did not accurately apply standards or resolve all disqualifying factors. This occurred because CBP\u2019s policies do not provide adequate guidance or procedures, which allows potentially high-risk drivers into the program increasing border security risks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Chris Farrell, director of Investigations at Judicial Watch and Distinguished Senior Fellow at Gatestone Institute, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/17947\/supply-chain-border-security\">wrote<\/a> about the implications of the 34-page redacted report, titled \u201cCBP\u2019s FAST Program Exposes Borders to Security Risks.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Farrell wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"32\">\n<p>Due to the agency\u2019s \u201cinadequate policies and procedures,\u201d the probe found, drivers who should not have qualified for FAST clearance were allowed to participate. Investigators examined 8,859 active drivers during fiscal year 2019 and determined that 1,084 were ineligible and therefore \u201cincreasing border security risk.\u201d Making matters worse, CBP approved 94% of foreign drivers with \u201cpotentially disqualifying records,\u201d the report says. In those cases, federal agents failed to conduct full background checks because the U.S. government evidently does not have access to the necessary foreign databases.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The exact information is redacted but the report makes clear that the records required properly to vet foreign nationals \u2014 specifically Mexican citizens \u2014 is not available to CBP officers, and they \u201cneed access\u201d to complete the appropriate security process to authenticate drivers as low risk.<\/p>\n<p>Even when the criminal history of a candidate is available from another U.S. federal law enforcement agency, CBP apparently cannot access it. Instead of rejecting the foreign driver in question out of an abundance of caution, the agency simply rubber-stamps the candidate without additional screening. To illustrate this incredible, but very common, lack of cooperation within American law enforcement agencies, the Inspector General offers the case of two Mexican nationals determined to be \u201cineligible.\u201d Both were approved for FAST despite having extensive FBI files, in addition to what redacted portions seem to indicate are substantial criminal histories in Mexico. But evidently CBP and the FBI do not share information.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFBI records did not allow Enrollment Center officers to assess the drivers\u2019 risk prior to approving their participation in the program,\u201d the report states.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the Biden administration\u2019s penchant for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2021\/06\/03\/we-have-the-support-of-the-president-for-these-americans-human-trafficking-at-the-border-is-a-form-of-political-activism\/\">open borders<\/a>, minimal law enforcement and lax security, it appears that nothing will be done to protect the American public \u2014 short of a disaster or terror attack,\u201d Farrell concludes.<\/p>\n<p>The OIG report makes recommendations on how DHS should analyze and tweak its FAST program accordingly.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Penny Starr on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\">Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report released by the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Office of Inspector General flew under the radar when it was released in early fall but it has significant implications for &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1076211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1076211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1076211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1076211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1076211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}