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050 0 0 _aJV6483
_b.R472 2006
245 0 0 _aRevisiting US-VISIT :
_bU.S. immigration processes, concerns, and consequences /
_cDavid S. Ortiz ... [et al.].
246 3 _aRevisiting the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program :
_bUnited States immigration processes, concerns, and consequences
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c2006.
300 _axvi, 69 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aOccasional Paper
500 _a"RAND Infrastructure, Safety, and Environment."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references p. (65-69).
505 0 _aIntroduction and Motivation -- US-VISIT context and system description -- Case study: immigration reform in France in the 1980s and 1990s -- Policy issues related to US-VISIT -- Conclusions and Recommendations for further inquiry -- -- US-VISIT component databases -- US-VISIT ports of entry -- US-VISIT ports of exit -- Privacy and fair information practices.
520 _aIn 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.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aTerrorism
_zFrance
_xPrevention.
650 0 _aTerrorism
_zUnited States
_xPrevention.
650 0 _aVisas
_xGovernment policy
_zFrance.
650 0 _aVisas
_xGovernment policy
_zUnited States.
651 0 _aFrance
_xEmigration and immigration
_xGovernment policy.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xEmigration and immigration
_xGovernment policy.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
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700 1 _aOrtiz, David Santana.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aPfleeger, Shari Lawrence.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aBalakrishnan, Aruna D.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aMiceli, Merril.
_eauthor.
710 _aRand eBooks.
856 4 0 _uhttp://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP140/
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