1.   American correspondents are allowed to visit under temporary visas.

2.   And the agency already has procedures in places to speed temporary visas, lasting a few months to six years, for certain emergency cases.

3.   Arrest documents show that dozens of the foreigners detained for questioning in the weeks since the attacks had been living here for months or years with expired temporary visas.

4.   -- Set up a new temporary visa category for foreign workers whose employers have received Labor Department certification.

5.   A fast-growing category is the NAFTA TN visa, which offers an unlimited number of temporary visas for professional workers from Canada and soon Mexico.

6.   Administration officials argued that the temporary visa program was rife with abuse and insisted on stronger protections for American workers.

7.   All must have temporary visas from the U.S. allowing them to study.

8.   Both Keane and Cognex advocate an increase in the number of temporary visas, as well as renewed emphasis on science training in schools.

9.   But almost from their inception, temporary visa programs have been attacked by immigrant and labor advocates for fostering a cheap class of workers vulnerable to abuse.