-- Immigration and Visa

--01/09/09  Launch of Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA); Kathleen Kraninger, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Screening Coordination, Department of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--07/31/08  No Safe Haven for Human Rights Violators; Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretry, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript -- Listen to Audio
--06/03/08  Implementation of the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA); Stewart A. Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--04/24/08  US-VISIT Update; Robert Mocny, Director, US-VISIT Program, Department of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - Listen to Audio
--11/20/07  US-VISIT Transition to 10-Fingerprint Collection; Robert A. Mocny, Director, US-VISIT Program, Department of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/16/07  Update on Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative; Bob Jacksta, Executive Director of Passenger Security and Facilitation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official transcript
--03/13/06  U.S. Immigration Policy and National Security; Emilio Gonzalez, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--01/10/06  Coming to America: US-VISIT and U.S. Visa Waiver Program Updates; Jim Williams, Director, US-VISIT, Department of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/15/05  New Passport Requirements for Visa Waiver Program Countries; Elaine Dezenski, Acting Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning, Department of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--05/12/05  DHS Announces Machine-Readable Passport Requirement Deadline for Visa Waiver Program Travel; Elaine Dezenski, Acting Assistant Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Policy, DHS; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--04/05/05  Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative; Frank Moss, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Passport Services; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/06/05  The International Student Visa Process in the Post-9/11 World; Patricia Harrison , Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State ; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/22/04  New Requirements and Procedures for Machine-Readable Passports ; Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--08/17/04  U.S. Biometric Requirements and Other Issues Affecting Visitors from Visa Waiver Countries; Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/20/04  21st Century U.S. Immigration: Welcoming Immigrants to America; Prakash Khatri, Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/20/04  U.S. Visa Procedures and Updates; Stuart Patt, Spokesman, Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--06/25/04  New Procedures for Renewing Journalist and Certain Other Nonimmigrant Visas; Janice Jacobs, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/14/04  Visas for Journalists; Robert Bonner, Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Los Angeles, California
--04/02/04  Changes to Visa Waiver Program Travel, including Request for Extension of Biometric Deadline; Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--12/22/03  The U.S.-VISIT Program ; Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/30/03  New Visa Procedures ; Tony Edson, Senior Advisor for Strategic Planning, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Dept. of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC --Official Transcript
--07/18/03  The Use of Machine Readable Passports for the Visa Waiver Program; Lisa Piascik, Director of Office of Public and Diplomatic Liaison, Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--05/19/03  United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (USVISIT); Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)