Agents and analysts must use 10 to 40 passwords to access the computer systems, said the report by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General. The inefficient computer systems plus insufficient technology training for agents hampers their ability to monitor the immigration status and whereabouts of visa holders who travel to the U.S., the report said. "As a result, it may take months for ICE to determine a visa holder's status and whether that person may pose a national security threat," the inspector general's office said. More than 500,000 foreigners who entered the U.S. during a one-year period ending in September 2015 overstayed their visas, the report said. The U.S. government has launched a biometric exit screening pilot program for visa holders at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and plans to expand it to other airports in 2018.

Source: ABC News May 04, 2017 20:38 UTC