UPDATED: IG says visa security can’t be verified

Published September 19, 2014 7:17pm ET



Department of Homeland Security officials can’t say if their program to keep foreign terrorists and criminals from getting U.S. visas is working, according to a government watchdog.

“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is required to employ mechanisms that measure and accurately report the program’s performance to determine its value,” the DHS inspector general said in a report made public Friday.

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