Immigration and Naturalization Service: Borderline Competent?

Of all the frightening lessons America has learned since Sept. 11, one of the scariest must be how absurdly easy it was for the bad guys to get into the country and stay. The hijackers didn't slink across the border at midnight or flash expertly forged passports; 13 of the 19 entered this country legally, on tourist, business or student visas. More than 7 million foreigners enter the U.S. on visas each year, and close to 3 million of them overstay their visas, just as three of the terrorists did. The Immigration and Naturalization Service, the federal agency charged with screening...