Via CT Blog -
Two weeks ago it was reported GAO determined that DHS would not be able to implement the departure control provisions of the US VISIT system. US VISIT, notably covered in the CTB, is the system DHS uses to track the entry of foreign nationals who come to the United States with visas or under the often controversial Visa Waiver Program (another topic covered at length in the CTB). US VISIT, online for some four years, is supposed to have a departure control half. The departure control element should track those aliens who legitimately leave the United States, when and from where they leave and identify those who have not left by the time their temporary authorized period of stay expires. US VISIT departure control, obviously, is a critically important component of immigration and border control and security; yet, it is this departure control provision that has so befuddled DHS. Implementation of US VISIT departure control is also tied to proposed expansion of the Visa Waiver Program, as questionable as that effort may be. It now appears none of it will happen anytime soon.
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