[Ben Ficklin]

"We need some facts before we judge him"

The Director of Policy at INS is still libertarian idealogue Stuart Anderson. Director of Policy is the "power behind the throne" job.

Prior to his appointment to the Director's position, Anderson was an aide to then Senator Spencer Abraham. He is given credit for destroying the Foreign Student Tracking System authorized by Congress in '96. It is almost 2003 and we still have no tracking system.

[alpowolf]

It is almost 2003 and we still have no tracking system.

The SEVIS system was initially deployed in July, and will be required for all schools Jan 30 2003.

The real problem is not the system. The INS doesn't have enough people to track down immigrants flagged by the system. One can hope that the coming reorg will address this but I am pretty cynical about govt reorgs.

[ravingnutter]

It is almost 2003 and we still have no tracking system.

INS launches online foreign student tracking - May 2002

INS implements foreign student tracking regulations

Foreign-student tracking lagging at INS (but SEVIS will be fully deployed by Jan. 1)