Immigration : Visa Waiver Permanent Program Act (P.L. 106-396).

Reviews visa waiver program for nationals from certain countries entering the U.S., examining the underlying goal of facilitating international travel and reducing the workload of U.S. consular offices abroad against security and immigration concerns. Considers issues of participant country selectio...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2001.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Aliens. Border security. Government productivity. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Reviews visa waiver program for nationals from certain countries entering the U.S., examining the underlying goal of facilitating international travel and reducing the workload of U.S. consular offices abroad against security and immigration concerns. Considers issues of participant country selection, overstays, and fraud, and details legislative proposals to amend the program to include machine-readable passports and enhanced technology systems, data collection reforms, and visa denial criteria.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.