Under Secretary Asa Hutchinson Discusses Expansion of US-VISIT Program to Include Visitors Traveling Under the Visa Waiver Program |
US-VISIT is a continuum of measures that collect biometric and biographic information from foreign visitors at U.S. visa-issuing posts around the world and upon their arrival in and departure from U.S. air, sea and land border ports. |
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Fact Sheet: US-VISIT |
US-VISIT helps to secure our borders, facilitate the entry and exit process, and enhance the integrity of our immigration system while respecting the privacy of our visitors. |
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Department of Homeland Security Prepares for Hurricane Jeanne |
Homeland Security coordinating federal response operations and readiness activities in the southeast as the U.S. prepares for Hurricane Jeanne, the fourth hurricane to threaten the U.S. since mid-August. |
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Secretary Tom Ridge Announces New Member of the State and Local Officials Senior Advisory Committee |
Secretary Ridge appoints Mayor Donald Plusquellic of Akron, Ohio to serve as the representative of the United States Conference of Mayors on the State and Local Officials Senior Advisory Committee of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC). |
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Fact Sheet: Ready Business Campaign |
Ready Business helps owners and managers of small to medium-sized businesses prepare their employees, operations and assets in the event of an emergency. |
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Homeland Security and Business Organizations Launch Ready Business |
Extension of Ready Campaign designed to promote business emergency preparedness. |
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New Approach to Border Security Shows Results in Just Six Months |
Intelligence based Arizona initiative yields dramatic increases in criminal prosecutions, alien apprehensions, and drug, weapon and asset seizures. |
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Fact Sheet: Arizona Border Control Initiative |
The Arizona Border Control (ABC) Initiative has contributed to the apprehension of over 351,700 illegal immigrants along the Arizona border since its inception March 16, 2004. |
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Department of Homeland Security Announces Biometric Identification System Operational at Border Patrol Stations Nationwide |
Integrated ten-print biometric identification technology provides rapid identification of individuals with outstanding criminal warrants through electronic comparison of ten-print digital fingerscans against a vast nationwide database of previously captured fingerprints. |
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Department of Homeland Security Announces $9 Million in Information Technology Grants |
The Department of Homeland Security awarded $9 million in information technology demonstration projects in the Information Technology and Evaluation Program (ITEP). ITEP is a competitive program intended to foster and evaluate uses of existing, “state-of-the-market” information technology that will demonstrate how to remove barriers and improve information sharing and integration. |
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