31.   Several high-tech companies have been lobbying Congress to expand the visa program to allow more skilled technical workers into the country.

32.   The announcement likely boosts the prospects for congressional action temporarily raising the ceiling on the visa program.

33.   The Clinton administration has said it supports a permanent visa waiver program but has cautioned that the time frame for automating databases might be overly ambitious.

34.   The administration began a review of the overall visa waiver program last fall because of concern over the entry of illegal immigrants.

35.   The existing visa program requires at least three years of confinement.

36.   The report blamed the special visa program for much of the problem, since no government department or agency is charged with monitoring the migrant domestic worker visa programs.

37.   The report blamed the special visa program for much of the problem, saying no government agency is responsible for monitoring the visa programs.

38.   The United States reportedly is proposing lesser requirements for a visa under the Track II program than under the existing visa program.

39.   Zogby said he has not made inquiries about the fairness of the visa lottery program.