Immigration security

Jihadist’s Immigration File Shows Vetting Steps Were Missed By Immigration Officials, Congressman Says

The immigration file of Tashfeen Malik, the jihadi wife of Syed Farook, both of whom carried out the worst act of terrorism on US soil since 9/11, indicates immigration officials did not thoroughly vet her application by demonstrating proof that she, a foreign national and, Malik, a US citizen had met in person as is required.

Instead, Malik’s immigration file doesn’t provide “sufficient evidence for this requirement,” said House Committee on the Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.).

“What is worse,” Goodlatte said today, “the immigration official reviewing Malik’s application requested more evidence to ensure the two met in person, but it was never provided and her visa was approved anyway.

Homeland Security Today first reported earlier this month that US counterterrorism and FBI officials had raised a host of questions about whether any “red flags” were raised by State Department officials in the processing of the Nonimmigrant Visa for a Fiancé Application Visa – known as a K-1 Visa – which Farook and his Pakistani wife, had to go through in order for Malik to be allowed into the United States pursuant to the K-1 Visa application and processing process.