Responding to scathing congressional criticism, the Clinton administration has taken the unusual step of hiring an outside consultant to conduct a multimillion-dollar review of the naturalization process to "safeguard the integrity" of the system that monitors who becomes U.S. citizens.
March 21, 1997
THE DAILY FED
INS Hires Review Firm
Atty. Gen. Janet Reno announced the move Thursday and called it an "important milestone" in an effort to revamp a process that congressional oversight committees say has virtually broken down, allowing tens of thousands of applicants to become citizens without required FBI criminal-background checks.
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