Border Insecurity

This is enough to give me nightmares. Michelle Malkin, who is perhaps the only journalist to focus on border control issues with any moxie, has an exclusive story about how the DHS has managed to give someone their Green Card three years after their death. While these things can sometimes happen, this particular person died at the WTC on 9/11.

The story exposes how our behemoth, $34 billion Department of Homeland Security sent a green card approval notice on Jan. 15, 2005 to Mr. Eugueni Kniazev (pronounced Yev-GEN-nee Kuh-NEH-zev), who was murdered at the World Trade Center on that unforgettable day the towers collapsed.

That's right. The feds sent a green card approval notice less than two weeks ago to a known, deceased Sept. 11 victim.

This story has serious national security consequences as border and immigration control were major failings that led to 9/11. Identifying those who are dead and eliminating their applications should be an easy thing to do, but not for the DHS. The self reporting of changes in status is a golden opportunity for terrorists to exploit vulnerabilities in immigration and border control.