CNMI immigration and border control databases / [David Gootnick].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Gootnick, David

Contributor:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Northern Mariana Islands--Emigration and immigration--Databases.

Northern Mariana Islands.

Emigration and immigration.

Genre:

databases.

Databases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (14 pages)

Other Title:

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) immigration and border control databases

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2010]

Summary:

Under the terms of its 1976 Covenant with the United States, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) administered its own immigration systems from 1978 to 2009. The 2008 Consolidated Natural Resources Act called for the establishment of a transition program. The act requires, among other things, that the CNMI government provide the Secretary of Homeland Security all Commonwealth immigration records, or other information that the Secretary deems necessary, to assist in the implementation of the transition program. The CNMI government has tracked the immigration status of foreign residents with two databases, the Labor and Immigration Identification and Documentation System and the Labor Information Data System. A third database, the Border Management System, tracks visitor arrivals and departures. We were asked to describe (1) the history and key attributes of the three databases and (2) the status of these databases during the transition to federal control of CNMI immigration.

Notes:

Title from p.1 screen (GAO, viewed Feb. 19, 2010).

"February 16, 2010."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-10-345R."

OCLC:

520988200