Coalition of Diverse Groups Calls for a More Open U.S. Visa Policy.

The article discusses the document "Realizing the Rice-Chertoff Vision: A National-Interest-Based Visa Policy for the United States," which states that the United States government has failed to follow through on a joint announcement issued in January 2006, by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff. In that announcement, called "The Rice-Chertoff Joint Vision: Secure Borders and Open Doors in the Information Age," the two secretaries promised, among other things, smarter screening procedures that would make the process of entering the United States faster and smoother for most visitors. The "Realizing the Rice-Chertoff Vision" is an attempt by foreign scholars, students and others to improve visa-approval procedures.