WASHINGTON - Ke hoʻohana nei i nā palapala phony a me nā ʻike o kahi kanaka make a me kahi keikikāne 5 makahiki, ua loaʻa i kahi mea noiʻi aupuni nā palapala passport US ma kahi hoʻāʻo o ka palekana post-9/11. ʻOiai ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻoikaika i ka palekana passport mai ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka makahiki 2001, ua hoʻopunipuni ka mea noiʻi i ka passport a me nā limahana lawelawe leka uila ʻehā o ʻehā mau manawa, e like me kahi hōʻike hou i hoʻolaha ʻia ma ka Pōʻalima.
ʻO ka hōʻike a ke Office Accountability Office, ka lima noiʻi o ka Congress, e kikoʻī i nā hana hoʻopunipuni:
_Ua hoʻohana kekahi mea noiʻi i ka helu Social Security o ke kanaka i make i ka makahiki 1965, he palapala hānau hoʻopunipuni ma New York a me ka laikini kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Florida. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi passport ʻehā lā ma hope.
_Ma ka lua o ka ho'āʻo ʻana ua hoʻohana ka mea noiʻi i ka ʻike o kahi keikikāne 5 makahiki akā ʻike ʻo ia iā ia iho he 53 mau makahiki ma ka palapala palapala passport. Ua loaʻa iā ia kēlā passport i ʻehiku lā ma hope.
_Ma kekahi hoʻāʻo ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻohana kekahi mea noiʻi i nā palapala hoʻopunipuni e kiʻi i kahi kāleka hōʻoia maoli ʻo Wakinekona, DC, a laila hoʻohana ʻo ia e noi no kahi passport. Ua loaa ia ia ia la hookahi.
_Ua hoʻohana ka mea noiʻi ʻehā i ka palapala hānau hoʻopunipuni o New York a me ka laikini kaʻa kaʻa ʻo West Virginia a loaʻa iā ia ka passport ʻewalu lā ma hope.
ʻO ka poʻe lawehala a me nā mea hoʻoweliweli i ka waiwai nui i nā palapala huakaʻi i loaʻa ʻole i ke kānāwai, wahi a nā luna naʻauao US. I kēia manawa, kūʻai ʻia nā passport hoʻopunipuni maikaʻi ʻole ma ka mākeke ʻeleʻele no $ 300, aʻo nā mea hoʻopunipuni kiʻekiʻe e hele ana ma kahi o $ 5,000, e like me nā noiʻi Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Ua ʻike ka ʻOihana Moku'āina e pili ana i kēia nāwaliwali no nā makahiki. Ma ka lā 26 o Pepeluali, ua hoʻopuka ka hope kākau ʻōlelo o ka moku'āina no nā lawelawe passport i kahi memo i nā luna o ka Passport Services a puni ka ʻāina e hōʻike ana e nānā ana ka ʻoihana i kāna mau kaʻina hana no ka hoʻopuka ʻana i nā passport ma muli o nā "hanana hou e pili ana i kekahi mau palapala palapala passport i ʻae ʻia a hoʻopuka hewa ʻia. .”
I loko o ka memo, i loaʻa e The Associated Press, ʻōlelo ʻo Brenda Sprague i ka makahiki 2009 e kālele ana nā lawelawe passport i ka maikaʻi, ʻaʻole ka nui, o kāna mau hoʻoholo hoʻopuka passport. ʻO ka maʻamau, loiloi ʻia nā luna lawelawe passport i ka nui o nā passport a lākou e hoʻopuka ai. Ma kahi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sprague, pono ka poʻe loea i kā lākou mau hana āpau i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka kūpaʻa o ke kaʻina hana, me ka "manaʻo hou no nā Passport Specialists i ka ʻike ʻana i nā palapala ʻoiaʻiʻo a me nā hōʻailona hoʻopunipuni ma nā noi."
I loko o nā makahiki ʻehiku i hala iho nei, ua hoʻāʻo nā luna o ʻAmelika e hoʻonui i ka palekana passport a paʻakikī i ka hoʻopili ʻana me nā palapala hoʻopunipuni.
Akā ʻo kēia mau hoʻokolohua e hōʻike ana i ka Moku'āina Moku'āina - nāna e hoʻoponopono i nā noi a hoʻopuka i nā passport - ʻaʻohe hiki ke hōʻoia i ke kūpono o nā palapala kākoʻo, wahi a Janice Kephart, he loea i ka palekana palapala huakaʻi i hana ma ka hōʻike 9/11 Commission.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kephart ʻo ia ka pilikia like i hiki ai i kekahi o nā hijackers 9/11 ke hoʻohana i nā palapala hoʻopunipuni e kiʻi ai i nā laikini kaʻa ʻo Virginia, a lākou i hoʻohana ai e kau i nā mokulele. Mai ka makahiki 2001, ua hana nā mokuʻāina i nā hana e hoʻopaʻa pono i nā laikini kaʻa.
"Pono mākou e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia palapala ma kahi ala nui loa, a ʻaʻole naʻe mākou e hana i kēlā ma ka papa," wahi a Kephart.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka ʻōlelo a ka Moku'āina ʻo Richard Aker ke mihi nei ka ʻoihana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i kēia mau palapala passport ʻehā.
"ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he hewa kēia kanaka," wahi a Aker.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻolālā ana ka Oihana Moku'āina i ka nānā ʻana i ka maka no nā mea noi a pau i ʻeono mahina. Ke kamaʻilio pū nei ke keʻena i nā mokuʻāina e ʻike inā hiki i nā luna passport ke nānā i nā ʻikepili uila o nā mokuʻāina e hōʻoia i nā laikini a me nā kāleka ʻike.
Ua noi aku ʻelua mau lālā o ke komite hoʻoweliweli a me ka mālama ʻāina home o ka Senate Judiciary i ka hoʻokolokolo.
"He mea paʻakikī loa i nā makahiki mai ka hoʻouka ʻana o Kepakemapa 11 hiki i kekahi ke hoʻohana i nā palapala hoʻopunipuni e kiʻi i kahi passport US," wahi a Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., i loko o kahi ʻōlelo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., ua hōʻoia ka hōʻike i kona hopohopo ʻaʻole paʻa nā palapala passport US.
"Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia mau passport no ke kūʻai ʻana i mea kaua, lele i nā ʻāina ʻē, a i ʻole e wehe i kahi waihona kālā hoʻopunipuni," wahi a Feinstein. "Ke kau nei kēia i ko mākou lāhui i ka pōʻino nui."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- On February 26, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary of passport services issued a memo to Passport Services directors across the country stating that the agency is reviewing its processes for issuing passports because of “recent events regarding several passport applications that were approved and issued in error.
- Akā ʻo kēia mau hoʻokolohua e hōʻike ana i ka Moku'āina Moku'āina - nāna e hoʻoponopono i nā noi a hoʻopuka i nā passport - ʻaʻohe hiki ke hōʻoia i ke kūpono o nā palapala kākoʻo, wahi a Janice Kephart, he loea i ka palekana palapala huakaʻi i hana ma ka hōʻike 9/11 Commission.
- In the memo, obtained by The Associated Press, Brenda Sprague said that in 2009 passport services would focus on the quality, not the quantity, of its passport issuance decisions.
