How Can the Feds Screen 11 Million Undoc Immigrants?

By Daniel González, Arizona Republic

The 11 million immigrants in the country illegally would have to pass national-security and criminal-background checks before receiving legal status under the reform bill being considered by the Senate, but some critics say the federal government would have a hard time adequately screening such a large number of people.

Federal immigration officials conducting the background checks also would have difficulty screening out potential terrorists because the checks are limited to information contained in government databases and terrorist- watch lists, critics say.

“To give amnesty to millions — without knowing whether some of them want to do us harm — is to jeopardize American lives,” U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, said in a written statement. “We should go slow before making any changes to immigration policy that don’t put the interests of Americans first.”

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