Coalition Letters, Press Releases, and Testimony

Letter to Customs and Border Patrol: Notice of New Document Requirement–
January 29, 2008 (PDF)

Comments on WHTI: Final Land and Sea Rule –
August 27, 2007 (PDF)

Letter on WHTI Provisions of DHS Appropriations Bill of 2007 (H.R. 5441) –
July 27, 2006

Chamber Comments for the Record on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative — June 8, 2005 (PDF)

Chamber Comments for the Record on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative– June 15, 2004 (PDF)

Chamber Testimony:  America’s New Welcome Mat:  A Look at the Goals and Challenges of the US-VISIT System — March 4, 2004

Chamber Comments on US-VISIT — February 4, 2004 (PDF)

International Air Transport Association Comments on US-VISIT — February 4, 2004 (PDF)

Data Management Improvement Act Task Force Second Report to Congress (2003)

Testimony by Randel K. Johnson on Lowering the Cost of Doing Business in the U.S. — November 20, 2003

Testimony by Randel K. Johnson on the Impact of Visa Delays on Businesses — July 10, 2003

ABB Letter to Secretaries Powell and Ridge on the US VISIT System, the Visa Backlog and Resource Deficiency — June 2, 2003

U.S. Chamber Statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on ‘Border Technology: Keeping Terrorists Out of the United States — 2003 — March 12, 2003

Data Management Improvement Act (DMIA) Task Force First Annual Report to Congress — January 2003 (PDF, 2.79 MB)

ABB Statement on Passage of the Border Security Bill — April 23, 2002

U.S. Chamber Letter to U.S. Senate on Amendments to the Border Security Bill — April 16, 2002

Testimony by U.S. Chamber COO Greg Lebedev on Strengthening U.S.-Mexico Relations before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — April 16, 2002

Press Release Urging Senate to Move Border Security Bill — March 20, 2002

ABB Letter to U.S. Senate in Support of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act  – March 8, 2002

U.S. Chamber Letter to Majority Leader Daschle on S 1749 — February 27, 2002