Topic: Aaron Stevenson

2 chapters across the catalog

DHS whistleblower Aaron M. Stevenson, an intelligence research specialist for USCIS, exposes loopholes in the asylum process. He explains how "credible fear" claims allow violent criminals and gang members to enter the U.S. without proper vetting. Stevenson highlights a rule change shifting adjudicative authority from immigration judges to asylum officers, which significantly increases approval rates for migrants.

DHS whistleblower Aaron Stevenson discovered that members of transnational organized crime watchlists were successfully applying to sponsor unaccompanied children. Despite alerting superiors, the government continued to release children to these individuals. Rodas notes that contractors are making hundreds of millions of dollars a month to facilitate these rapid placements without proper vetting.