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Statement
by AAU, ACE, and NASULGC to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee
on Government Reform regarding the impact of the new visa process
on foreign travel to the U.S., July 10, 2003
Three major American educational organizations make
recommendations to Virginia representative Tom Davis, Chairman
of the Committee on
Government Reform, for improving the Visa Mantis and Visa Condor
security check systems including extending certain exceptions already
given to individuals sponsored by the U.S. government to those not
sponsored by the government. Concern is also expressed about changes
to visa interview policies that will limit waivers of personal interviews.
It is feared that visa delays of any type will become routine and
that international scientists and scholars will be prevented from
traveling to and from academic and scientific conferences in the
U.S. and abroad. One result is the loss of the world’s best and brightest
scientists to other countries, resulting in a compromise of American
economic and national security.
http://www.aau.edu/resources/HigherEd7.23.03.pdf
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