US-VISIT under the microscope

Via FCW.com
02/13/2006

The honeymoon appears to be over for the Homeland Security
Department’s system for spotting criminal aliens when they cross U.S.
borders.

For the past three years, the U.S. Visitor and
Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program had escaped much of the
criticism other DHS programs received. Congress generally praised the
program’s progress since its creation in 2003 in response to the 2001
terrorist attacks. The 9/11 Public Discourse Project, successor to the
9/11 Commission, gave US-VISIT a B, the highest grade it gave to any
DHS program, when its members issued a final report last December.

Last
month, however, the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Homeland Security
Subcommittee and the Government Accountability Office said they had
concerns about whether US-VISIT is effective and well-managed.

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