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...three of the terrorists did. The Immigration and Naturalization Service, the federal agency charged with screening those who would cross our borders, "has essentially evolved into a welcoming agency," says Jim Dorcy, a 30-year INS veteran who is now a consultant with the Federation for American Immigration Reform. "We treat the people who come to our doorstep as customers and look for some way to let them in," he says...
...government is already taking quiet steps to reform the agency. INS commissioner James Ziglar, who took charge just two months ago, receives daily intelligence briefings. A rotating team of up to 1,000 INS agents works with the FBI to spot--and detain--suspects with immigration infractions. INS agents have also suddenly become sticklers for details. In January immigration officials grilled hijacking ringleader Mohamed Atta at Miami International Airport after he tried to use a visitor's visa to enter the country for flight school. They waved him through after ascertaining that his proper student visa was "pending." Today, border...
...reform can solve the central question bedeviling the agency: how to separate the many who want to tour Disney World from the few who might blow it up. The INS recently detained a Pakistani business analyst, who was trying to fly from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to New York City but didn't have his papers with him. After the traveler's lawyer faxed a copy of his business visa, an INS agent let him board the plane with one final plea: "I hope you are not a terrorist. Don't embarrass...
...move that would place Cambridge on the vanguard of educational reform, School Superintendent Bobbie J. D’Alessandro wants to redistribute city public school students on socio-economic, rather than simply racial, lines...
...could spend a lot of time running around in circles trying to get the final clubs to reform,” said Rebecca G.Watson ’04, another member of RUS. “We’ve hit upon this weakness that the Fly receives tax-exempt status because they say they don’t discriminate against women. We have to push the Fly to own up to their constitution...