Fingerprinting to Debut on Canadian Border

[Moloch]

MINNEAPOLIS - U.S. border guards at busy northern crossings will start fingerprinting foreign visitors entering from Canada by the end of the year, a top official in the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.

Technology including motion-detecting sensors and land- and air-based surveillance of deserted stretches will also improve security, said Asa Hutchinson, undersecretary for border and transportation security.

He spoke at a conference in Minneapolis of law enforcement officials from Canada and eight states.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041208/ap_on_re_us/border_security

[Eureka]

1. What is different from the current arrangements?

I passed through the US from Canada last month and got fingerprint and photo, actually it was the same going into LA from Aus.

[lovuian]

2. Thats if you go to Canada through the checkpoints there is no

fingerprinting in the rural areas you can walk into Canada

[George W. Hayduke]

3. it seems they're more worried

about our border with Canada than Mexico.

hmmmm.....

[neweurope]

4. Maybe because in the past US-citizens fled mainly to Canada... hm....

[Moderator]

5. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1051179