TITLE: INS's Mar. 2002 Notification of Approval of Change of Status for Pilot Training for Terrorist Hijackers Mohammed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi

CIS-NO: 2002-H521-23  
SOURCE: Committee on the Judiciary. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: Mar. 19, 2002  
LENGTH: iv+84 p.  
CONG-SESS: 107-2  
ITEM-NO: 1020-A; 1020-B  
SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:107/63  
MC-ENTRY-NO: 2002-12415  


SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 63. Hearing before the Subcom on Immigration and Claims to examine circumstances surrounding INS return of I-20 student visa application documents for Mohammed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi to Huffman Aviation International, a flight school in Venice, Fla. where Atta and Al-Shehhi received pilot training.
 
The documents returned to the flight school, acknowledging July 17, 2001 and Aug. 9, 2001 approval of student visa status for Atta and Al-Shehhi, were not received by the school until Mar. 11, 2002 after processing by an INS contractor was completed.
 
Atta and Al-Shehhi, who died on Sept. 11, 2001, were among the terrorists who hijacked aircraft used in the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center in NYC and damaged the Pentagon near D.C.
 
Supplementary material (p. 71-84) includes correspondence and an article.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Terrorists Mohammed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi student visa docs return by INS contractor to Fla pilot training school, review

DESCRIPTORS:  
   SUBCOM ON IMMIGRATION AND CLAIMS. HOUSE;  IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE; GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT; GOVERNMENT FORMS AND PAPERWORK; STUDENTS; PASSPORTS AND VISAS; FLORIDA; AIRCRAFT PILOTS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; TERRORISM; NEW YORK CITY; DEATH AND DYING; VENICE, FLA.; AIRCRAFT; WORLD TRADE CENTER; PENTAGON; D.C.

02-H521-23 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Mar. 19, 2002 p. 16-81
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   ZIGLAR, JAMES W. (Commissioner, INS)
   BLODGETT, THOMAS (Managing Director, Business Process Solutions, Affiliated Computer Services)
   DEKKERS, RUDI (CEO, Huffman Aviation International)
   CUTLER, MICHAEL (Senior Special Agent, Organized Crime, Drug Enforcement Task Force, INS)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Review of circumstances and issues surrounding return of I-20 forms for Mohammed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi to Huffman Aviation International (related materials, p. 71-81); perspectives on INS reforms and related issues, in light of Atta and Al-Shehhi case.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Terrorists Mohammed Atta and Marwan Al-Shehhi student visa docs return by INS contractor to Fla pilot training school, review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES

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