Here are details of Diane Feinstein's proposal to suspend for six months any new foreign student visas and to require INS to do background checks on foreign student applicants before they are given visas.
Note also the proposed expansion of INS tracking of relatives of foreign students and tourists and business visa holders as well. Contact info for Feinstein: WASHINGTON DC Senator Dianne Feinstein United States Senate 331 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-3841 Fax: (202) 228-3954 TTY/TDD: (202) 224-2501 E-mail form at: http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/email.html LOS ANGELES Guillermo Gonzalez, Southern California Director 11111 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 915 Los Angeles, CA 90025 310/914-7300 Dan ........................................................ http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/releases01/stvisas1.htm Senator Feinstein Urges Major Changes in U.S. Student Visa Program September 27, 2001 ... Six-month Moratorium on Foreign Student Visas Impose a six-month moratorium on the issuance of foreign student visas to give the INS time to fully develop its foreign student tracking system and to put into place the necessary infrastructure to detect foreign students who have violated the terms of their visas (e.g., not enrolling in school, dropping out of school, committing a deportable offense, etc.) once they have entered the U.S. Full Funding Authorization for the INS Foreign Student Electronic Tracking System Authorize $32.3 million in appropriations to the INS to begin the implementation of the electronic foreign student tracking system. New INS Admission Procedures Require all foreign students to submit visa applications to the INS for approval before the State Department issues a visa. Modify existing law by requiring the INS to conduct comprehensive background checks before the State Department may approve a foreign student visa application. .... Enhancing INS Data Collection and Integration Require the INS to upgrade its electronic data system to include biometric data (i.e., fingerprints, photographs) on all foreign students applying to enter the U.S. Require the INS to fully integrate data on foreign students so that such data can be instantaneously retrieved at inspections stations at the U.S. ports of entry, State Department consular offices and the FBI. Require the INS Foreign Student Tracking System to be integrated with the following electronic "lookout" and enforcement databases: the INS' IDENT system; Interagency Border Inspection System, used by the INS and U.S. Customs Service; the FBI's IAFIS system; and the State Department's Consular Lookout and Support System (CLASS). Upgrade and expand the INS electronic tracking system to include spouses and children of foreign students and non-immigrants holding tourist and temporary business visas. .... Daniel C. Tsang Host, Subversity, Fridays, 5-6 p.m. KUCI, 88.9 FM and Web-cast live via http://kuci.org Subversity: http://go.fast.to/sv; E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daniel Tsang, KUCI, PO Box 4362, Irvine CA 92616 UCI Tel: (949) 824-4978; UCI Fax: (949) 824-2700 UCI Office: 380 Main Library Member, National Writers Union (http://www.nwu.org) AWARE: http://go.fast.to/aware WWW News Resource Page: http://go.fast.to/news Personal home page: http://go.fast.to/ar --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN-ANNOUNCE: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network - Event Announcements --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=laamn-news> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn-announce> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- <http://home.labridge.com/~laamn> | LAAMN | <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
