Jim Sensenbrenner: “Since September 11, we have learned how deeply vulnerable our immigration system is to exploitation by aliens who wish…”

“Since September 11, we have learned how deeply vulnerable our immigration system is to exploitation by aliens who wish to harm Americans. H.R. 3525 makes needed changes to our immigration laws to fight terrorism and to prevent such exploitation. Most importantly, it requires the Attorney General and the Secretary of State to issue machine readable, tamper proof visas that use standardized biometric identifiers. H.R. 3525 extends the same biometric identifier requirements to passports from visa waiver program countries. While I preferred the House language requiring such enhanced visas to be issued as of October 2003, the amended Senate date of October 2004 is acceptable.”