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  • The border deal envisions a beefed-up entry-exit verification system and an integrated cargo-security scheme, in which goods would be inspected at the first point of arrival in North America and precleared for travel across the border.

    U.S. and Canada Back Plan to Accelerate Border Flow Paul Vieira 2011

  • Part of the deal is an integrated entry-exit system, in which Canadian and U.S. authorities will notify each other when people enter or exit their countries at border points, these people said.

    Canada, U.S. To Sign New Border Pact Paul Vieira 2011

  • "China's relevant government agencies will adhere to appropriate regulations and entry-exit laws to address this issue," says this official.

    CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2009 2009

  • The system needs to be reformed, whether it's the border security, or whether it is the entry-exit system, or the legalization, or the long waits for family leave ...

    CNN Transcript May 1, 2008 2008

  • Kennedy, Brownback and other lawmakers also want the INS to move ahead with two major technology initiatives -- the automated entry-exit system at border crossings and a Student Exchange Visitor Information System, also known as SEVIS, an Internet-based system that will make it easier for universities to monitor their foreign students more closely.

    Fortress America 2007

  • SEVIS, like the automated entry-exit system, was mandated by the 1996 immigration-reform bill.

    Fortress America 2007

  • In 1996, as part of a sweeping immigration-reform package, Congress ordered the INS to start an automated entry-exit system at all U.S. ports of entry.

    Fortress America 2007

  • Ending the current “Catch and release” policy by making expedited removal of illegal aliens mandatory and to require the completion of the US-VISIT entry-exit system.

    Firedoglake » Glossies Turn on Bush 2006

  • The system was developed to fulfill a 1996 congressional mandate for a comprehensive immigration entry-exit program, and immigration officials hope it will help prevent visa fraud, deter terrorists and keep visitors from overstaying their visas.

    Immigrant Database Draws Fire 2003

  • The system was developed to fulfill a 1996 congressional mandate for a comprehensive immigration entry-exit program, and immigration officials hope it will help prevent visa fraud, deter terrorists and keep visitors from overstaying their visas.

    Immigrant Database Draws Fire 2003

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