Federal immigration investigators are going back through every green card, asylum grant, and immigration benefit awarded during the Biden administration after discovering rampant fraud in the cases they have examined so far, per a report by Breitbart.
USCIS Director Joe Edlow announced the effort during a weekend interview with One America News, which Breitbart subsequently reported. He delivered an unmistakable warning to anyone who obtained benefits through deception.
"In terms of the people that are perpetrating fraud: Stop, because we are going to find you," Edlow stated. "And even if you've already [committed fraud], and you think you've gotten away with it, we're going back. As you noted earlier, we are looking at old cases, we are going back and re-vetting cases for people who were granted green cards and granted other benefits during the Biden administration, when there was no vetting. There's vetting now, and we're looking at these old cases, so be prepared to face the consequences."
The scale of fraud that investigators have uncovered is staggering. Edlow testified before Congress in February that the agency had found problems in the overwhelming majority of completed cases.
"Since January 20, 2025, USCIS officers have made nearly 33,000 fraud referrals to our Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate — a 138% increase compared to the average yearly referrals of the previous administration," Edlow reported.
"Our Fraud Detection and National Security team completed investigations into more than 21,000 cases, identifying fraud in 65% of them," he continued. "Our officers conducted over 7,000 site visits and more than 26,000 social media checks to identify national security, public safety, fraud, and anti-American concerns."
The agency has also initiated targeted operations to address particular fraud hotspots. Operation PARRIS focuses on reviewing refugee cases in the Minneapolis St. Paul region, with particular attention to refugees from Somalia. That country has become notorious for widespread immigration fraud schemes that allowed ineligible individuals to obtain benefits they never deserved.
The 138 percent increase in fraud referrals compared to Biden era averages reveals either that Trump officials are enforcing standards the previous administration ignored or that Biden appointees deliberately looked the other way as fraudsters exploited the system. Both explanations point to an immigration apparatus that functioned as an open door rather than a vetting mechanism.
The 65 percent fraud rate among investigated cases proves what immigration restrictionists have argued for decades. The system is broken beyond repair and cannot distinguish legitimate applicants from fraudsters. The only solution is a complete moratorium on all immigration, legal and illegal, until the government can verify every person already here and establish enforcement mechanisms that actually work. Anything less abandons American workers to wage competition they never asked for and surrenders the nation's demographic character to forces that care nothing about preserving what previous generations built.
