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(1) in consultation with the Attorney General, enhance
connectivity between the Automated Biometric Fingerprint
Identification System (IDENT) of the Department and the
Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System
(IAFIS) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to ensure
more expeditious data searches; and


(2) in consultation with the Secretary of State, collect all
fingerprints from each alien required to provide
fingerprints during the alien's initial enrollment in the
integrated entry and exit data system described in section
110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1365a).



SEC. 130. US-VISIT SYSTEM.


Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate
Federal agencies, shall submit to Congress a schedule for-


(1) equipping all land border ports of entry of the United
States with the U.S.-Visitor and Immigrant Status
Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) system implemented
under section 110 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1365a);


(2) developing and deploying at such ports of entry the
exit component of the US-VISIT system; and


(3) making interoperable all immigration screening
systems operated by the Secretary.



SEC. 131. DOCUMENT FRAUD DETECTION.


(a) Training- Subject to the availability of appropriations, the
Secretary shall provide all U.S. Customs and Border Protection
officers with training in identifying and detecting fraudulent
travel documents. Such training shall be developed in
consultation with the head of the Forensic Document Laboratory
of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.


(b) Forensic Document Laboratory- The Secretary shall provide
all U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers with access to
the Forensic Document Laboratory.


(c) Assessment


(1) REQUIREMENT FOR ASSESSMENT- The Inspector
General of the Department shall conduct an independent
assessment of the accuracy and reliability of the Forensic


DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY


May 18, 2007 11:58 p.m.

2007-05-22 16:57:33

s129 Notice - there is no sunset on the retention of fingerprint data that is gathered and shared in these systems, especially if it is gathered on someone who turns out later to be a legal resident of the US, or worse, a citizen.

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R Brown
2007-05-22 16:57:33

Sec 131 Document Fraud Detection "(a) "Subject to availability of appropriations...." Means if Congress does not appropriate funds, this section means nothing.

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John Q
2007-05-22 16:57:33

Section 130 in the proposed immigration reform law now pending in the U.S. Senate would require implementation of the "exit" portion of the U.S. VISIT visitor entry/exit tracking system at America's 300 or so land ports of entry - a program the Bush administration shelved at the end of 2006 because it was too technologically difficult and costly. PublicDiplomacyWatch.com has the details.

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