MEDIA ADVISORY, Sept. 26, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Jayson P. Ahern, Assistant Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Protection, will be at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), to brief media on the September 30 expansion of the US-VISIT program to include foreign visitors from Visa Waiver Program countries. He will describe US-VISIT procedures and how the program enhances our country's security while facilitating legitimate travel and trade through our borders.
WHO: Jayson P. Ahern, Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security
WHAT: US-VISIT media briefing on the expansion of the US-VISIT
border security program to include foreign visitors from
Visa Waiver Program countries. Following opening remarks,
Assistant Commissioner Ahern will answer questions. Media
will be able to photograph a demonstration of US-VISIT
procedures.
WHEN: 1:00 PM PDT (media check-in, credentialing and screening
begins at 12:00 NOON)
Monday, September 27, 2004
WHERE: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Tom Bradley International Terminal
MEDIA CHECK IN: Southside patio on Lower/Arrival Level of Tom
Bradley International Terminal. Media must check in by 12
noon for escort to news conference. All media press
credentials/I.D.s will be checked.
MEDIA PARKING: All broadcast-equipped media vehicles displaying a
valid LAX Media Parking Permit may park terminal curbside
on Upper/Departure Level between Tom Bradley International
Terminal (TBIT) and Terminal 4, or between Terminal 3 and
TBIT, or in Vendor Lots 3, 4 or 6. Vehicles at curbside
must be attended at all times. All other media may park
in any parking structure. Parking will be validated.
ADDITIONAL NOTE: Similar media events will also be held on
Sept. 27 at 1 p.m. EDT at John F. Kennedy International
Airport in New York and at 7 p.m. EDT at Dulles
International Airport in Washington, D.C.
CONTACT: Customs & Border Protection Public Affairs Officer Mike
Fleming at (562) 239-5903