Tracking Visa Holders

Your Sept. 25 editorial states: “We are a nation of immigrants.” We are also a nation of laws. Our immigration policy is ineffective and encourages lawbreakers by failing to require control of visa-holding visitors. Congress should immediately enable the INS to implement the visa-tracking system that was killed in the last session. We also should develop a national identity card that will determine the legal status of all people residing in the country.

Byron Slater

San Diego

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Re national ID cards: It’s simple. If you don’t know who is supposed to be here, how do you know who is not?

Gary W. Thomas

San Diego