[by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]¸ü¶àÌýÁ¦Çë·ÃÎÊ51VOA.COM [00:00.16]A United States government agency mistakenly offered citizenship [00:05.24]to over 800 immigrants who had been ordered to leave the country. [00:10.84]This information comes from a report this week [00:14.40]by the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). [00:20.72]The inspector general, John Roth, [00:23.76]has the job of investigating problems at the agency. [00:28.96]Here is what happened, according to the report: [00:33.04]At least 858 immigrants had been ordered expelled [00:38.16]or removed from the United States. [00:41.32]But they then requested citizenship under a different name, [00:46.29]or provided a different date of birth. [00:50.04]When applying for citizenship, foreigners are required to provide fingerprints. [00:57.36]But the fingerprints from their earlier immigration records [01:01.72]were not saved on computers. [01:05.12]That meant the government could not find the prints from the earlier records. [01:10.80]It did not find out about the removal orders and, as a result, [01:16.96]approved people for citizenship who should have been rejected, [01:21.52]Inspector General Roth said. [01:24.40]Computer records, unlike paper records, can be searched quickly. [01:30.16]"This situation created opportunities for individuals [01:35.84]to gain the rights and privileges of U.S. citizenship through fraud," Roth said. [01:43.28]Roth did not identify any of the immigrants who gained citizenship through fraud. [01:50.92]But he said they were all from "special interest countries." [01:55.24]Those are nations that present a national security concern [02:00.44]for the United States, or have high rates of immigration fraud. [02:06.40]The Department of Homeland Security [02:09.29]said it has long had a problem with paper fingerprint records [02:14.36]that have not been made part of computer records. [02:18.20]The department said it is working to add those paper records to computers [02:24.12]and will examine "every file" listed as possible fraud. [02:29.76]But it said that not all people who asked for citizenship [02:35.28]without computer fingerprint records were offered citizenship. [02:39.88]Businessman Donald Trump is the presidential candidate of the Republican Party. [02:47.12]He has promised to tighten rules for people seeking to immigrate to the United States. [02:53.52]Trump made a statement that connected the inspector general's report [02:59.68]to the terrorist attacks last weekend. [03:03.64]The attacks included a bombing and attempted bombings in New York and New Jersey. [03:09.76]In addition, a man armed with a knife [03:12.95]attacked people at a shopping center in Minnesota. [03:17.92]There were injuries, but nobody was killed [03:21.56]except the person who Minnesota police said carried out the knife attacks. [03:28.68]Trump said the inspector general's report [03:31.52]"puts this weekend's attacks in a broader perspective." [03:36.96]That is why Trump said he wants "extreme vetting [03:40.84]for immigrants from troubled parts of the world where terrorists live and train." [03:47.96]Vetting are the investigations done when someone seeks citizenship, jobs and loans. [03:54.72]Hillary Clinton is the Democratic Party's presidential candidate. [04:00.64]Clinton said she has long supported "tough vetting for making sure [04:05.50]that we don't let people into this country" who might represent a danger. " [04:11.04]But let us remember, there are millions of naturalized citizens [04:16.44]from all over the world," she said. [04:19.08]"There are millions of law-abiding peaceful Muslim-Americans." [04:24.64]I'm Bruce Alpert.