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In March, the government announced the scheme would allow anyone to host a family or individual, if they agreed to housing and criminal-records checks.

From BBC • May 3, 2022

On its application and in brief interviews, PreCheck asks people about basic information like work history and where they have lived, and they give a fingerprint and agree to a criminal-records check.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2021

The lawsuit asks the court to declare that the criminal-records exclusions is unlawful and can’t be enforced.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2020

Maryland regulators are pushing for drivers to register through the state and be subject to “Livescan” criminal-records checks, which they say would alert officials to new arrests and convictions.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2016

She asks for a criminal-records check on the pair because they had been "living abroad" for several years--she conveniently doesn't call them fugitives.

From Time Magazine Archive