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Brady Statute Data: Persons Who Are Illegally or Unlawfully in the United States
Atwell, Cassie Trostle, Lawrence C. Barnes, Allan R.
Atwell, Cassie
Trostle, Lawrence C.
Barnes, Allan R.
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Currently, Alaska law enforcement agencies do not obtain data on four noncriminal categories prohibited by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 from obtaining firearms. This, the fourth of four reports on these categories, describes how undocumented immigrants who are unlawfully in the United States can be identified within an Alaska context and discusses possible procedures, problems, and solutions associated with data collection. It was found that the most feasibile means for obtaining information for the purposes of Brady background checks would be the Verification Information System (VIS) of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). However, project researchers received no response from INS to inquiries about requirements of access to VIS.
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1998-09
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Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Unit, Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage