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...Such measures may not be far off - Senator Dianne Feinstein of California has asked for $32 million to expedite the implementation of an electronic tracking system for international students. The system was theoretically approved back in 1996 as part of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act, but was never set in motion...
...believe that we need a temporary six-month moratorium on the student visa program to give the INS time to remedy the many problems in the system,” Feinstein said...
...Feinstein was not oblivious to the controversy her proposal was likely to cause. But she said that given the danger from terrorists that the nation currently faces, such measures are necessary...
...This may be controversial, but there has to be recognition that this is an unprecedented time in the country and our national security depends on our system functioning to ensure that terrorists do not take advantage of the vulnerabilities in the student visa program,” Feinstein said in her statement...
Casey said the University was pleased to see that Feinstein proposes full government funding of the foreign student tracking system, which must go into effect by 2003 under current federal law. The funding source of the program remains unclear, and potentially may fall on universities...