Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The government has to do a better job of tracking down visitors to the United States who violate their visas, including identifying scofflaws faster, a Department of Homeland Security report said Friday.

The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement made only 671 apprehensions in 2004 after receiving 301,046 leads of possible violations, said the report from the department's inspector general. The leads, most of which come from national computer databases that track foreign students and other visitors, often don't have enough information, the report said.

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