(1)
(2)
(3)
(A) the foreign airports which served as last points of departure for aliens who arrived by air at United States ports of entry without valid documentation during the preceding fiscal years;
(B) the number and nationality of such aliens arriving from each such foreign airport; and
(C) the primary routes such aliens followed from their country of origin to the United States.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), not later than January 1, 2008, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall establish preinspection stations in at least 25 additional foreign airports, which the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines, based on the data compiled under paragraph (3) and such other information as may be available, would most effectively facilitate the travel of admissible aliens and reduce the number of inadmissible aliens, especially aliens who are potential terrorists, who arrive from abroad by air at points of entry within the United States. Such preinspection stations shall be in addition to those established before September 30, 1996, or pursuant to paragraph (1).
(5)
(A) employees of the United States stationed at the preinspection station and their accompanying family members will receive appropriate protection;
(B) such employees and their families will not be subject to unreasonable risks to their welfare and safety; and
(C) the country in which the preinspection station is to be established maintains practices and procedures with respect to asylum seekers and refugees in accordance with the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (done at Geneva, July 28, 1951), or the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (done at New York, January 31, 1967), or that an alien in the country otherwise has recourse to avenues of protection from return to persecution.
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall assign additional immigration officers to assist air carriers in the detection of fraudulent documents at foreign airports which, based on the records maintained pursuant to subsection (a)(3), served as a point of departure for a significant number of arrivals at United States ports of entry without valid documentation, but where no preinspection station exists. Beginning not later than December 31, 2006, the number of airports selected for an assignment under this subsection shall be at least 50.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 4, §235A, as added
September 30, 1996, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), was in the original "the date of the enactment of such Act", which was translated as meaning the date of enactment of
2004-Subsec. (a)(4).
Subsec. (b).
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title.
"(a)
"(1) The exchange of terrorist information with other countries, consistent with privacy requirements, along with listings of lost and stolen passports, will have immediate security benefits.
"(2) The further away from the borders of the United States that screening occurs, the more security benefits the United States will gain.
"(b)
"(1) the Federal Government should exchange terrorist information with trusted allies;
"(2) the Federal Government should move toward real-time verification of passports with issuing authorities;
"(3) where practicable, the Federal Government should conduct screening before a passenger departs on a flight destined for the United States;
"(4) the Federal Government should work with other countries to ensure effective inspection regimes at all airports;
"(5) the Federal Government should work with other countries to improve passport standards and provide foreign assistance to countries that need help making the transition to the global standard for identification; and
"(6) the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Department of State and other Federal agencies, should implement the initiatives called for in this subsection."