Criminal Aliens: INS' Efforts to Remove Imprisoned Aliens Continue to Need Improvement
GGD-99-3
Published: Oct 16, 1998. Publicly Released: Oct 16, 1998.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Immigration and Naturalization Service's (INS) Institutional Hearing Program's (IHP) performance during 1997, focusing on: (1) the extent to which deportable criminal aliens were included in the IHP; (2) the extent to which INS completed removal hearings for deportable aliens during their time in prison or after their prison release; and (3) whether INS had acted on recommendations that GAO made in its July 1997 testimony.
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