DHS has flawed process of getting info about 'Operation Allies Welcome' Parolees: Inspector General

The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General released a report earlier this week that found that the department has a "fragmented" process for flagging and resolving "derogatory information" for paroles of Operation Allies Welcome. 

Operation Allies Welcome was started by the Biden administration in 2021 to help Afghans resettle in the country after the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan. 

According to the report, there were a lot of vulnerabilities found in the process, including data errors and improper expiration dates.  

"In addition, we found DHS does not have a process for monitoring parole expiration and that the guidelines for determining re-parole for OAW parolees were undefined. We also found data errors in USCIS and ICE records for the OAW population," the report reads. 

The Inspector General gave recommendations on how to improve the process and better keep track of the information for the paroles of OAW. 

The recommendations involved ways that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, OAW, and U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services could better communicate and coordinate to flag information and take it to the right agency.