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No way to trace foreigners on expired visas

Foreign guests enter the United States with valid paperwork, but the government still has not developed the technology systems to track these visitors when they leave or find a way to monitor those Read more...

IT glitches plague DHS border fence

A congressional watchdog agency reported last week that the effort to keep illegal immigrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexican border through the use of technology and fences is behind schedule, rising Read more...

E-Verify up and running

An estimated 150,000 companies have signed on to use E-Verify as of Sept. 15, the mandatory program for federal contractors to verify the legal status of workers, according to an article Wednesday in Read more...

E-Verify on the move...slowly

A House subcommittee approved extending the E-Verify program for two years, a move that will make it easier for employers to verify whether workers are eligible for employment. That was just one of Read more...

E-Verify grows in popularity

It's been a long and bumpy road, but maybe--just maybe--the government's computerized database for employer' to verify an applicant's authorization to work is gaining traction. The E-Verify program, Read more...

DHS deploys technology for virtual fence

The Department of Homeland Security is now turning its attention to creating the "virtual" component for the lengthy fence along the U.S. Mexican border. The technology plan is to construct a series Read more...