2001-2002: Cosponsored bill to reduce refugee and asylum fraud (Feinstein).
Sen. Kohl cosponsored S. 1627 to require applicants for refugee and asylee status to have biometric identifiers. This would help reduce the number of applicants who are denied refugee status but then fail to leave the country. The primary sponsor was Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).

2001-2002: Cosponsored bill to increase border control with an alien tracking and identification system (Kennedy).
Sen. Kohl cosponsored the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2001 to create an entry-exit system that would check every visa holder as they enter and exit the U.S. S. 1749, sponsored by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), did not come to a vote.

2001-2002: Cosponsored bill to increase border control with an alien tracking and identification system (Feinstein).
Sen. Kohl cosponsored S. 1627 to create a comprehensive alien tracking and identification system that would implement an entry-exit system to check every visa holder upon entering and exiting the U.S. The primary sponsor was Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).

2001-2002: Cosponsored bill to decrease illegal immigration with an alien tracking and identification system (Kennedy).
Sen. Kohl cosponsored the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2001 to create a comprehensive alien tracking and identification system by implementing an entry-exit system with an integrated database of biometric identifiers for every visa holder. This would have greatly reduced the ability for a visa holder to overstay their visa and become an illegal alien in the U.S. S. 1749, sponsored by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), did not come to a vote.

2001-2002: Cosponsored bill to increase interior enforcement with alien tracking and identification system (Feinstein).
Sen. Kohl cosponsored S. 1627 to create a comprehensive alien tracking and identification system. This would have reduced the opportunities for an alien in the U.S. to overstay a visa and become an illegal alien. The primary sponsor was Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).