Immigration status verification for benefits : actions needed to improve effectiveness and oversight : report to congressional committees.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services--Rules and practice.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program (U.S.).

Immigrants--Services for--United States.

Immigrants.

Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Immigrants--Services for.

United States.

Genre:

Online resources.

Rules

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv, 89 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Actions needed to improve effectiveness and oversight

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2017.

Summary:

Millions of applicants for healthcare, licenses, and other benefits rely on DHS's SAVE system to verify their immigration or naturalized or derived citizenship status at the request of over 1,000 federal, state, and local user agencies. Agencies use the information from SAVE to help determine an applicant's eligibility for benefits. Programs required or authorized to participate include Medicaid, certain license-issuing programs (such as driver's licenses), federal food and housing assistance, and educational programs. This report examines the extent to which USCIS has (1) determined the accuracy of SAVE information, (2) instituted safeguards to protect privacy and provide the ability to correct erroneous information, and (3) monitored user agency compliance with SAVE program policies. GAO is making nine recommendations to USCIS, including, that USCIS improve guidance and ensure training on verification requirements; develop and implement a more effective method for record correction; and develop a documented, risk-based strategy for monitoring and compliance.

Notes:

"GAO-17-204."

"March 2017."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource, PDF version; title from cover (GAO web site, viewed March 27, 2017).

OCLC:

979423036