Citation[]
Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107-173 (May 14, 2002).
Overview[]
The law contains:
- A requirement that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) make interoperable all its internal databases, so that all information about a particular alien may be accessed with a single search;
- A requirement that federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies share data on aliens with the INS and the State Department; and
- A requirement that all travel and entry documents, including visas, issued to aliens by the United States be machine-readable and tamper-resistant and include a standard biometric identifier.