An abundance of caution

It was reported recently that 858 immigrants have been erroneously granted U.S. citizenship.

That number has increased. It is now estimated that “mistakes” were made on more than 1,800.

The number is a drop in the bucket compared with the yearly number of newly minted citizens. Still, it is a worrisome number. Some of these immigrants seeking citizenship are from countries which pose national security concerns. Some have obtained their new status by fraud. Some did because U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization Services did not have enough information, particularly fingerprints for verification....