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U.S. to tighten laws on visitors

WASHINGTON MARCH 20. The U.S. Immigration and Naturalisation Service has hinted that visitors may in future be limited to 30 days in the U.S.

The INS Commissioner, James W. Ziglar, stated this while speaking at a House sub-committee here yesterday.

The U.S. is also considering prohibiting anyone who has entered the U.S. on a tourist, business or other kind of visa from attending school here until the INS approves a change to student status, he said.

Mr. Ziglar admitted that his agency was to be blamed for the visa fiasco last week when a school to which two of the September 11 suicidal hijackers had sought admission was informed by INS that the applications had been approved.

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