Access Control
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The U.S. Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General has released a report that outlines a range of problems with design, security and communications systems in place at Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) facilities in airports throughout the country.

     The original problems were pointed out in 1999. In a follow-up review, the Office of the Inspector General revealed that the INS not only has not addressed the original problems, but that new problems also exist.

     "By not adequately following up on the recommendations of our previous audit, airports continue to be vulnerable to illegal entry, escapes, injuries and smuggling of aliens and contraband into the U.S.," Inspector General Glenn Fine said.

The INS has been folded into the new Homeland Security Department, which officially began operations late last week.

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