NEW EAD ELIMINATES REFERENCES TO INS, CONTAINS NEW SECURITY FEATURES
Immigrants' Rights Update, Vol. 18, No. 4, June 18, 2004

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced recently that the employment authorization documents (EADs) it is now issuing contain enhanced security features, which include a magnetic strip, a two-dimensional barcode, and other elements “that can be used in forensic examination to determine the card’s authenticity.”  The new card’s markings identify it as a document issued by the Dept. of Homeland Security and USCIS—i.e., all references to the now defunct Immigration and Naturalization Service have been eliminated from the card.  According to USCIS, the new EAD is being produced at a rate of 24,000 per week.

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