It would add to the enforcement trigger mechanism of the bill that the USVISIT Program be fully operational. This is the entry/exit system program that has been authorized since 1996 but has never been put into operation. As Senator HUTrCHISON just mentioned. we all know a huge part of the illegal immigration problem is visa overstays. The latest estimate. in 2006. is that 4 million to 5.5 million visa overstays are illegal immigrants in this country. We cannot get a handle on that problem without the USVISIT system knowing when people are leaving the country and. thus. whether they are overstaying their visa. Yet that is not part of the enforcement mechanism in the bill at all. Lets vote for this amendment and make it part of the bill.
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