In early September, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report (OIG-16-130), finding “USCIS granted U.S. citizenship to at least 858 individuals ordered deported or removed under another identity.” The problem resulted from the unavailability of the applicants’ digital fingerprint record in DHS and FBI’s repositories. It further found U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a large number of fingerprints of aliens with final orders or who are criminals that have not been digitized. OIG recommended all agencies involved to speed up the process of uploading fingerprints.
On September 28, 2016, John Culberson [R-TX7], the Representative from Texas, introduced a bill (H.R. 6198－114the Congress) to freeze naturalizations until DHS “completes the digitization of all remaining paper-based fingerprint records.” The bill currently has seven (7) Republican co-sponsors and is referred to the House Judicial Committee.
If passes, the Bill will halt naturalization until all fingerprints are uploaded. As of now, Govtrack gives the Bill 1% chance of being enacted.
2016年九月初，国土安全办公室的监察部门（OIG）发布的一份报告（OIG-16-130），发现“美国移民局授予至少858有递解令或者犯罪前科的人美国公民身份。” 这个问题是由于在美国国土安全部和美国联邦调查局申请人的电子指纹记录资料库中的不齐全。这份报告进一步发现，美国移民和海关执法局（ICE）有大批量递解令在身或者犯罪前科的外国人的指纹还没有电子档案。 OIG建议所有机构加快上传指纹的过程。
2016年9月28日，德克萨斯州的共和党代表约翰·Culberson ，提出一项法案（H.R. 6198-114届国会），直到国土安全办公室“完成所有剩余的纸质指纹记录的电子化，” 公民入籍将被冻结。该法案目前有七（7）位共和党成员支持，并提交给众议院司法委员会。
如果通过这项法律通过的话，直到所有指纹上传为止，公民入籍将被冻结。截至目前，Govtrack觉得这个法案有1％的机会通过。