8 U.S.C. § 1225a : US Code - Section 1225A: Preinspection at foreign airports

Search 8 U.S.C. § 1225a : US Code - Section 1225A: Preinspection at foreign airports

(a) Establishment of preinspection stations
(1) New stations. - Subject to paragraph (5), not later than
October 31, 1998, the Attorney General, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, shall establish and maintain preinspection
stations in at least 5 of the foreign airports that are among the
10 foreign airports which the Attorney General identifies as
serving as last points of departure for the greatest numbers of
inadmissible alien passengers who arrive from abroad by air at
ports of entry within the United States. Such preinspection
stations shall be in addition to any preinspection stations
established prior to September 30, 1996.
(2) Report. - Not later than October 31, 1998, the Attorney
General shall report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives and of the Senate on the implementation of
paragraph (1).
(3) Data collection. - Not later than November 1, 1997, and each
subsequent November 1, the Attorney General shall compile data
identifying - 
(A) the foreign airports which served as last points of
departure for aliens who arrived by air at United States ports of
entry without valid documentation during the preceding fiscal
years;
(B) the number and nationality of such aliens arriving from
each such foreign airport; and
(C) the primary routes such aliens followed from their country
of origin to the United States.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), not later than January 1, 2008, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary
of State, shall establish preinspection stations in at least 25
additional foreign airports, which the Secretary of Homeland
Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines,
based on the data compiled under paragraph (3) and such other
information as may be available, would most effectively facilitate
the travel of admissible aliens and reduce the number of
inadmissible aliens, especially aliens who are potential
terrorists, who arrive from abroad by air at points of entry within
the United States. Such preinspection stations shall be in addition
to those established before September 30, 1996, or pursuant to
paragraph (1).
(5) Conditions. - Prior to the establishment of a preinspection
station, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary
of State, shall ensure that - 
(A) employees of the United States stationed at the
preinspection station and their accompanying family members will
receive appropriate protection;
(B) such employees and their families will not be subject to
unreasonable risks to their welfare and safety; and
(C) the country in which the preinspection station is to be
established maintains practices and procedures with respect to
asylum seekers and refugees in accordance with the Convention
Relating to the Status of Refugees (done at Geneva, July 28,
1951), or the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (done
at New York, January 31, 1967), or that an alien in the country
otherwise has recourse to avenues of protection from return to
persecution.
(b) Establishment of carrier consultant program and immigration
security initiative
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall assign additional
immigration officers to assist air carriers in the detection of
fraudulent documents at foreign airports which, based on the
records maintained pursuant to subsection (a)(3) of this section,
served as a point of departure for a significant number of arrivals
at United States ports of entry without valid documentation, but
where no preinspection station exists. Beginning not later than
December 31, 2006, the number of airports selected for an
assignment under this subsection shall be at least 50.