However. even as amended. implementation of section 126 would force the State Department to purge its files of people who continue to be excludable because the Department does not have the resources to conduct a casebycase review in the time required. This would seriously undermine the purpose of the lookout system which is to serve as a prescreening system for aliens wishing to enter the United States. If a persons name is on the list. they are not automatically denied a visa. but they are given a closer look. Not only does this help prevent entry by excludable persons such as suspected terrorists. it also assists the Immigration and Naturalization Service in its inspections of visas at ports of entry. If section 126 as currently written becomes law and the INS can no longer depend on consular offices abroad to check visa applicants. its inspectors will have to spend more time checking aliens as they enter at airports and other ports of entry. This would slow down a process that is already a bottleneck for international travel. There is wide agreement on avoiding any such consequences.
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