{"id":706,"date":"2007-05-16T10:39:06","date_gmt":"2007-05-16T14:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=706"},"modified":"2007-05-16T10:39:06","modified_gmt":"2007-05-16T14:39:06","slug":"the-abcs-of-id-for-immigrants-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/16\/the-abcs-of-id-for-immigrants-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"The ABC&#8217;s of ID for immigrants in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The ABC&#8217;s of ID for immigrants in the U.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL<br \/>\nCONFERENCE<br \/>\no f<br \/>\nS TAT E<br \/>\nL E G I S L ATURES<\/p>\n<p>By Katherine Gigliotti and Ann Morse<br \/>\nIntroduction<\/p>\n<p><strong>The federal government controls the terms and conditions for the foreign-born to become permanent or<br \/>\ntemporary residents of the United States. Under the nation\u2019s complex immigration laws, the Department<br \/>\nof State issues visas for permanent immigrants, nonimmigrants (i.e., temporary immigrants) and other<br \/>\nimmigrant categories, from ambassadors to victims of trafficking. There are 79 categories and subcategories<br \/>\nfor temporary visas alone. The length of stay in the United States, which depends on the type of visa<br \/>\nissued, can vary from a few days for visitors; up to 10 years for diplomats, foreign media, or students; and<br \/>\npermanent, for those who are joining family or filling specialized jobs. At ports of entry, the Department<br \/>\nof Homeland Security (DHS) verifies the identity of visa holders against one or more databases, checking<br \/>\nfor terrorist or criminal activity. DHS also enforces immigration law by preventing illegal entry at<br \/>\nborders and airports, deporting violators, and monitoring compliance with visa terms.<br \/>\nStates issue driver\u2019s licenses under the constitutional authority of the Tenth Amendment; the first driver\u2019s<br \/>\nlicense laws were enacted in Massachusetts and Missouri in 1903. States and the District of Columbia<br \/>\nlicense more than 191 million drivers.<br \/>\nAfter the September 11 terrorist attacks, both the federal and state governments acted to strengthen the<br \/>\nintegrity of identity systems (documents, databases, issuance and enforcement). The 19 terrorists identified<br \/>\nin these attacks had entered the United States legally with valid passports and on temporary visas, and<br \/>\nmany subsequently were able to obtain state driver\u2019s licenses. In response, the federal government reformed<br \/>\nthe student visa process, launched an entry-exit system for noncitizens who enter the United States, and<br \/>\nbegan integrating various databases to connect criminal and terrorist lookout capability.<br \/>\nStates also responded to the need to improve ID security. States reformed processes related to issuance&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a good, if somewhat dated basic information package. Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epic.org\/events\/id\/resources\/immigrant.pdf\">the rest here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ABC&#8217;s of ID for immigrants in the U.S. NATIONAL CONFERENCE o f S TAT E L E G I S L ATURES By Katherine Gigliotti and Ann Morse Introduction The federal government controls the terms and conditions for the foreign-born to become permanent or temporary residents of the United States. Under the nation\u2019s complex [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}