Coming up Friday, October 10, 2001 The Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information is holding a hearing tomorrow (Friday, October 12) on "Technology's Role in Preventing the Entry of Terrorists into the United States." Below is the witness list, which includes Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies. Steve's testimony is already on line (or will be momentarily) at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2001/sactestimony1001.html The hearing is at 10 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The Senate terrorism subcommittee's phone number is 202-224-4933, and the other witness statements might be on line, eventually, at: http://judiciary.senate.gov/hr101201st.htm Panel 1 Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Dept. of Justice James W. Ziglar, Commissioner, INS Amb. Mary Ryan, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Panel 2 Steven A. Camarota, Center for Immigration Studies David Ward, American Council on Education Greg Spadorcio, Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems, NEC Technologies Inc. Paul Collier, Biometrics Foundation Also tomorrow, at 10:30 a.m., Mark Krikorian will be making a presentation at a briefing conducted by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. The briefing is part of the Commission's investigation "into the civil rights implications of the evolving immigration laws and how these laws and policies are impacted by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attcks." The briefing will be held in the fifth floor conference room at the Commission's headquarters at 624 9th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. For more information, call the Commission at 202-376-8351. ----------------------------------------------- Mark Krikorian, executive director Center for Immigration Studies 1522 K Street N.W., Suite 820 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 466-8185 fax: (202) 466-8076 msk@cis.org http://www.cis.org ------------------------------------------------ Forwarded through the National Immigraton Control Alert List (mixed news only) by Herbert Berry.