By some estimates, more than 10 million illegal immigrants, excluding nonvisa holders and travelers, have entered the U.S. over the past 3 1/2 years. Some unknown number of them are certainly criminals, spies, and terrorists.
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While Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and other officials insist that these immigrants are being vetted, they rarely specify what it means and how it works.
In fact, those crossing the border do not have to provide any verifiable government identification during processing. If a foreign national appears with scant documents, or none at all, authorities are left with accepting their attested identity at face value.
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