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Border Security: Additional Actions Needed to Eliminate Weaknesses in the Visa Revocation Process

GAO-04-899T Published: Jul 13, 2004. Publicly Released: Jul 13, 2004.
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The National Strategy for Homeland Security calls for preventing foreign terrorists from entering our country and using all legal means to identify; halt; and where appropriate, prosecute or bring immigration or other civil charges against terrorists in the United States. GAO reported in June 2003 that the visa revocation process needed to be strengthened as an antiterrorism tool and recommended that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in conjunction with the Departments of State (State) and Justice, develop specific policies and procedures to ensure that appropriate agencies are notified of revocations based on terrorism grounds and take proper actions. GAO examined whether weaknesses in the visa revocation process identified in our June 2003 report were addressed.

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Border securityAntiterrorismHomeland securityIdentity verificationImmigrationImmigration information systemsInteragency relationsInternal controlsPerformance measuresTerroristsVisasPolicies and proceduresTimeliness