This was a particular problem. They posed a severe threat. given that these can be easily made into bogus passports that are very. very easy to use and difficult for law enforcement to detect. A stolen blank passport from a visa waiver country raises the stakes. of course. because the holder is subject to considerably less scrutiny because it is a visa waiver country. So. if you look at the number of hits last year. 2.543. generated by Interpols database. 62 petcent were from visa waiver countries. So the United States. we have some access to stolen passport information through our own systems and through bilateral agreements. but there is a gaping hole here. We need access to this system. There are 2 / million stolen passports that are not on our radar screen. This amendment then would ensure that DHS implement the Interpol stolen passport database at primary inspection points at U.S. ports of entry. The system developed by Interpol would enable U.S. border security officials to check the passport database at the port of entry. The same swipe of the passport would check the Interpol database with a simultaneous check of the appropriate U.S. database. That is going to enhance our security.
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