Amid questions about background checks and security vetting, the Obama administration disclosed details about how refugees are investigated.
The process is directed by the Homeland Security Department and involves the State Department and U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
Immigrants submit to in-person interviews overseas, where they provide biographical details about themselves, including their families, friendships, social or political activities, employment, phone numbers, email accounts and more. They also provide biometric information about themselves, including fingerprints.
Some are subject to additional, classified controls, according to administration officials, who briefed reporters on condition that they not be identified by name to publicly discuss confidential details about the process.
Administration officials have acknowledged that checking the accuracy or authenticity of documents provided by applicants can be especially difficult.
This complicates U.S. efforts to check foreign government records for local arrests or lesser bureaucratic interactions, such as bank records, business licenses or civil filings.
"We do the best we can with the information we have," one U.S. official said.
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