Government Executive Magazine - 12/1/01 Rejected "Some observers say visa processing should be pulled out of the State Department and put into the INS. E. Wayne Merry, a senior associate at the American Foreign Policy Council, a Washington-based think tank, says Foreign Service officers have a service mentality, rather than a law enforcement approach. ?As a 26-year veteran of the Foreign Service, I am skeptical the Foreign Service can inculcate its officers with a law enforcement mentality.? In his March 2001 article, Jones suggested that the bureau merge with INS."