Revisiting US-VISIT U.S. Immigration Processes, Concerns, and Consequences

by Ortiz, David S.; Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence; Balakrishnan, Aruna; Miceli, Merril

• ISBN13: 9780833039125
• ISBN10: 0833039121
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-02
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

In January 2004, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security inaugurated a new system for tracking foreign visitors at Ports of entry to the United States, the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program. Building on previous RAND research and a case study of similar requirements in France in The 1980s and 1990s, this paper discusses policy issues raised by US-VISIT,including its effects on national security, privacy, and trade and tourism.

Table of Contents

Introduction and motivation	p. 1
US-VISIT context and system description	p. 7
Case study : immigration reform in France in the 1980s and 1990s	p. 21
Policy issues related to US-VISIT	p. 29
Conclusions and recommendations for further inquiry	p. 41
US-VISIT component database	p. 45
US-VISIT ports of entry	p. 49
US-VISIT ports of exit	p. 57
Privacy and fair information practices	p. 59
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