Government audit reveals problems in FBI name check process for immigrants

Monday, June 9, 2008 | 2:55 p.m. CDT; updated 11:22 a.m. CDT, Friday, July 18, 2008

ST. LOUIS — Three days after a group of Muslim immigrants in Missouri sued federal officials over long delays in gaining citizenship, an audit found the government is not doing all it can to expedite their background checks.

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