Fake IDs Show Lapse in Security at U.S. Borders
From Times Wire Reports
Undercover investigators repeatedly entered the United States using fake documents this year at nine crossings at the Mexico and Canadian borders without challenge.
Border agents “never questioned the authenticity of the counterfeit documents,” the Government Accountability Office said.
“This vulnerability potentially allows terrorists or others involved in criminal activity to pass freely into the United States from Canada or Mexico with little or no chance of being detected,” the GAO concluded.
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