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Proponents of the “check-ups” argue that since one of the terrorists allegedly involved in the Sept. 11 tragedies was living in the U.S. with a student visa, this canvassing is warranted. But this justification does not excuse a blatant and racist invasion of privacy. Foreign students should not be targeted or flagged simply because of their nationality; a person’s ethnicity does not amount to probable cause. When investigators have substantiated and convincing evidence, then questioning particular students is merited...
...been interviewing students of Arab descent nationwide in an attempt to keep tabs on the half-million international students currently enrolled in American universities, according to published reports earlier this week. One of the Sept. 11 hijackers entered the U.S. with a student visa...
...Washington, the Immigration and Naturalization Service is regarded as a mess; even its spokesman, Russ Bergeron, says it has "languished for decades." In 1996 Congress told the INS to set up a computer system to track those who come into the U.S. on student visas; but with some 600,000 such people in a country with more than 22,000 educational institutions, the system is not yet up and running. Only one of the 19 hijackers entered on a student visa. Can screenings in foreign countries be tightened? Maybe, but all 19 were run through a computerized "watch list...
...charge of screening recruits for al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan. According to phone transcripts, Zubaydah and Belkacem discussed procuring passports. There was more. Belkacem made 70 calls to Afghanistan between Sept. 11 and his arrest. U.S. officials are particularly interested in the fact that he repeatedly sought a visa to leave Bosnia for Germany just before the terrorist attacks, according to a source close to the investigation...
...Washington, the Immigration and Naturalization Service is regarded as a mess; even its spokesman, Russ Bergeron, says it has "languished for decades." In 1996 Congress told the INS to set up a computer system to track those who come into the U.S. on student visas; but with some 600,000 such people in a country with more than 22,000 educational institutions, the system is not yet up and running. Only one of the 19 hijackers entered on a student visa. Can screenings in foreign countries be tightened? Maybe, but all 19 were run through a computerized "watch list...