Five years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. we still have no system for verifying the identities and backgrounds of the thousands of workers who have access to our ports. boats. cargo containers. or air cargo. Five years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. we still do not have a reliable system for inspecting the 23 billion pounds of air cargo that is placed on passenger aircraft every year. Annually. 500 million people cross U.S. borders via ports of entrymore than 330 million of them are noncitizens. One of the key findings of the 9/11 Commission is that we do not have a system in this country for tracking aliens who pose a risk and remain in this country undetected. Five years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. we still do not have a system for knowing when. or if. aliens have left the country.
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