The Department of Homeland Security has just proposed to establish a
new system of records, the DHS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services 012 Citizenship and Immigration Data Repository System of
Records. This repository is a mirror image of USCIS’s immigrant and
non-immigrant benefits databases, combined in a single location. The
repository is presented in a single interface that is updated and
easily searchable (within its classified network).
The new repository system, which takes and recompiles existing USCIS
data, fulfills three purposes for the federal agency: (1) It reviews
USCIS application information for potential immigration fraud and
national security concerns; (2) It detects potential fraud and misuse
of immigration information by USCIS employees; and (3) it enables a
method to respond to requests for information from the Homeland
Security Office of Intelligence and Analysis and members of the law
enforcement community that can have access to that classified
information.
