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Immigration Reform: Alien Verification System Data Base Problems and Corrective Actions

IMTEC-89-52 Published: Jun 26, 1989. Publicly Released: Jun 26, 1989.
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GAO reviewed the database that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) used for its Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program, which states used to verify the immigration status of aliens applying for benefits under certain entitlement programs.

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Immigration statusData integrityEligibility determinationsEntitlement programsImmigration information systemsState-administered programsDatabase management systemsImmigrationImmigrantsData errors