Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web U. S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (Us-Visit) Program Updated February 23, 2005

By Seghetti, Lisa M.

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Title:	Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web U. S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (Us-Visit) Program Updated February 23, 2005
Author:	Seghetti, Lisa M.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Citation APA MLA Chicago M. Seghett, B. L. (n.d.). Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web U. S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (Us-Visit) Program Updated February 23, 2005. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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Summary: Congress first mandated that the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) implement an automated entry and exit data system that would track the arrival and departure of every alien in S110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA). The objective was, in part, to develop a mechanism that would be able to track nonimmigrants who overstayed their visas as part of a broader emphasis on immigration control. Following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks there was a shift in priority for implementing the system. While the tracking of nonimmigrants who overstayed their visas remained an important goal, border security has become the paramount concern.

Table of Contents
Contents Current Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Volume of Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 U.S. Ports of Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 The Arrival/Departure Record, Form I-94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Exit Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Statutory History and Other Related Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mandate to Create an Automated Entry and Exit Data System . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Significant Modifications in the Automated Entry and Exit Data System . . 5 Related Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Enhancements to the Automated Entry and Exit Data System . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Related Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Machine-Readable Travel Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Electronic Passenger Manifest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Requirement for Biometric Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Technology Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Status of US-VISIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Implementation Phases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Current Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Electronic Manifest Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Visa Waiver Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 The 9/11 Commission Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Legislation in the 108th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-458) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Selected Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Scope and Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Visa Waiver Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 New Documentary and Data Collection Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Possible Documentary Exemptions and Exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 US VISIT and Canadian and Mexican Nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Implementation Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Infrastructure and Facility Needs at the Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Interior Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Privacy Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Information Technology Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Training Needs and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Facilitation of Travel and Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Feasibility o