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Overstay Tracking: A Key Component of Homeland Security and a Layered Defense

Overview Significant numbers of foreign visitors overstay their authorized periods of admission. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) estimated the Reliable data are critical to support effective public policy decisions in the area of illegal immigration. Such data have often been lacking or inadequate. This report reviews relevant information on a key group of illegal aliens?"overstays"?and provide observations on the potential effect of the quality of that information on domestic security.

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Publisher	U.S. Government Accountability Office	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	May 2004
Format	White Papers
Topics	Physical Infrastructure Protection, Border Security

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