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Report: Feds Allowed 1,000s of Juvenile Gang Members, Criminals to Become Citizens

UNITED STATES, JUL 26 – USCIS found over 800 gang members, including MS-13 and 18th Street members, approved for permanent residence due to insufficient screening in the Special Immigrant Juvenile program.

  • On Thursday, USCIS press release revealed that over 300,000 Special Immigrant Juvenile petitions were examined from 2013 to 2025, approving approximately 800 suspected gang members, instead of deporting them.
  • Failures in vetting surfaced when the Biden administration revealed USCIS approved SIJP applications from 800 suspected gang members, exposing lax screening and fraud.
  • Statistics indicate USCIS evaluation reveals nearly 19,000 applicants had criminal arrests, with 120 for murder, 200 registered sex offenders, and over 500 approved MS-13 gang applications.
  • USCIS spokesman Matthew J. Tragesser said `criminal aliens are infiltrating the U.S. through a program meant to protect abused, neglected, or abandoned alien children`, while the report highlighted exploitation enabling thousands of gang members and suspected terrorists.
  • Many SIJP applicants are gotaways who illegally entered to evade detection, with 72% from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, and 52% over age 18, suggesting future security risks.
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The Christian Post broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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