[PDF] Creating Secure Borders And Open Doors eBook

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 43,3 MB
Release : 2018-02-08
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ISBN : 9781985175648

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Creating secure borders and open doors : a review of DHS-State collaboration on U.S. visa policy : hearing before the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, September 9, 2004.

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Page : 52 pages
File Size : 43,68 MB
Release : 2008
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As an international beacon of freedom and economic opportunity, and offering unique and attractive opportunities for international businesspeople, students, researchers, and tourists, America has long been a premier destination for people from all over the world. The unfortunate reality that our openness also provided an opportunity for the terrorists who struck on September 11, 2001 has created difficult challenges to this singular national attribute. These challenges exist not only for those industries and institutions who rely on international mobility to create jobs and economic growth in the United States but also for our government, universities, and businesses whose interactions with citizens of foreign nations encourage the growth of democratic freedoms, free markets, and human rights around the world. Since the 9/11 attacks, America has struggled to make our borders -- both physical and virtual -- more secure while maintaining the freedom and openness for which our country is celebrated. In the past six years, nearly every aspect of the visa and entry process has been overhauled. We have created a new U.S. Department of Homeland Security, established new agencies, deployed an alphabet soup of security programs across the U.S. government, reached security and facilitation agreements with foreign governments and international organizations, and placed new mandates on private sector and educational institutions. In particular, new security measures carried out as part of the visa application and review process, before international travel, at the point of departure, during a border inspection, and via other means have responded to particular weaknesses in our systems, including many identified by the 9/11 commission.

Author : United States House of Representatives
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Page : 140 pages
File Size : 12,27 MB
Release : 2020-01-15
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ISBN : 9781659184396

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Creating secure borders and open doors: a review of DHS-State collaboration on U.S. visa policy: hearing before the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, September 9, 2004.

Author : David Santana Ortiz
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 47,96 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : 0833039121

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In January 2004, spurred by the events of September 11, 2001, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security inaugurated a new system for the tracking of foreign visitors at ports of entry to the United States: the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program. US-VISIT incorporates new technology, processes, and changes to immigration law across multiple federal departments and agencies. The technological aspects of US-VISIT include biometric visas, passports, and scanning equipment; linked databases; and the recording of the arrival and departure of nonimmigrant aliens. The US-VISIT information systems link several databases, including a watch list of known immigration violators and other criminals, a system for storing information on foreign students, and a database of previous visa holders. It is being implemented in four increments, with the first initiated in January 2004, and the final configuration of the system available near the end of the decade. Building on previous RAND research, this paper discusses some of the policy issues raised by the introduction and development of US-VISIT. Such issues include the program's effect on national security, personal privacy, and trade and tourism. Informing this analysis is a comparative case study of visa requirements instituted by France in the late 1980s and early 1990s in direct response to terrorist attacks.