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Ties to Mexico in decided clearance cases

How decided foreign-influence cases involving ties to Mexico resolved, from the public record. Ties to any country are not themselves disqualifying; every case turns on its own facts. This is decided history, not a prediction, and it says nothing about any nationality or community.

Decided cases
30
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
43%
13 granted · 17 denied or revoked
Ties living in the U.S.
at least 7
cases where the decision states a relative or contact lives in the United States. Counted only when the decision says so expressly, so this is a minimum.

The ties these cases involved

The relationship kinds identified on Mexico allegations in these cases (a case can involve several).

  • parent in foreign country · 12 cases
  • in law in foreign country · 10 cases
  • spouse dual or foreign citizen · 9 cases
  • sibling in foreign country · 7 cases
  • extended family in foreign country · 6 cases
  • cohabitation with foreign national · 4 cases
  • unspecified foreign relationship · 4 cases

Circumstances credited in granted cases

Circumstances the judge expressly credited among granted Mexico cases where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).

  • deep U.S. ties · credited in 4 granted cases

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR 20-02788 granted · 2021
    Applicant, a 22-year-old self-employed business owner, sought a security clearance to work as an aircraft structural mechanic for a defense contractor. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Age…
  • ISCR 24-00227 granted · 2025
    Applicant, a 53-year-old employee of a defense contractor and a retired U.S. Army Warrant Officer, sought a security clearance after the Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citin…
  • ISCR 15-00693.a1 denied · 2016
    The applicant in this case was a long-term government contractor who sought a security clearance but was denied due to concerns under Guideline B (Foreign Influence) and Guideline E (Personal Conduct)…
  • ISCR 21-00896 denied · 2022
    The applicant in this case was a 49-year-old engineer who immigrated from Peru to the United States in 1998 and became a U.S. citizen in 2004. He sought to retain his security clearance after being is…

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Other countries in the record

For how the process treats foreign family and contacts: the assistant searches the record, the Guideline B reference explains the official conditions, and the CASE Prep service provides a written, human-reviewed response. Descriptive research only: not legal advice or a prediction.