US unveils new system for scanning foreign visitors

[Nottingham]

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/world/story/0,4386,217244,00.html?

US unveils new system for scanning foreign visitors
WASHINGTON - The US Department of Homeland Security has unveiled a high-tech registration system which it will use from next January to fingerprint and photograph millions of foreign visitors as they enter the country.

The new system, which is to be launched at 115 airports on Jan 5, uses scanning equipment to collect digital photographs and electronic fingerprints from foreign visitors as they are processed through immigration.


'For the first time, we'll have a comprehensive system that will be able to confirm the identity of a visitor to the United States in a biometric fashion,' said Mr Asa Hutchinson, Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security.

'This gives us a tremendous new security capability.'

more...

I wonder if they will do this on the Mexico And Canadian borders too

:bounce: Welcome to the New Bush America

[wtmusic]

1. US Unveils New System For Forcing Foreigners To Like Us

Much more effective.

[Nottingham]

2. and after we identify the foreigners then we can use it on US citizens

:bounce: I figure that Bush will have everybody in US fingerprinted in the next 4 years if elected into office.

:bounce:

[BeHereNow]

4. EXACTLY...

This AINT about keeping people out-
it's about keeping us, or more importantly,
our assets, HERE. If you plan on moving any
of your finances out of the US, ya better do it
quick.

[ConcernedCanuk]

3. "land border crossing will not be brought . . . until 2005 and 2006"

. . . Only two land botders, so I guess that includes us Canuks and the Mexicans

. . Whaddya wanna bet Canada is "done" by 2005 ?

. One more reason for us Canuks to take the USA offa our "favorite places to visit" list

(sigh)

Just My Humble Canadian Opinion

[Nottingham]

5. come to America and be fingerprinted! Welcome Canadians

& Mexicans

I'm sure they are gonna love this :bounce:

[pink_poodle]

6. Yes, the USA is definitely on my "noseeum" list now. sigh. Bummer.....

because I have family in at least 3 states. Arrgh!

[TahitiNut]

7. Not LBN - Article dated Oct 29, 2003 is archived on media site.

Please do not post stories over 12 hours old.

Rules for Posting in the Latest Breaking News Forum

Thousands of people use the DU Latest Breaking News forum as their primary source for news. Please do not "dilute" the forum by starting threads that are not news.

Please be aware of the following restrictions when posting in Latest Breaking News:

1. NO opinion pieces, editorials, or other stories that are not news.



2. NO news that is more than 12 hours old.



3. NO duplicate posts of stories that have already been posted.


4. NO polls, petitions, or other action items.


5. All of our other rules for posting apply as well, including copyright rules.


6. When posting articles, please use the published title of the article as the title of the discussion thread.


7. Discussion of Israeli/Palestinian issues is not permitted in the Latest Breaking News forum, and instead must be posted in the Israeli/Palestinian Affairs forum. If, however, the news item is primarily about U.S. policy in Israeli/Palestinian affairs, you may post it in the Latest Breaking News forum.

If your message is not Latest Breaking News, you should post it in the General Discussion Forum or in one of the other forums.

Be aware that we delete discussion threads from the Latest Breaking News Forum that do not fulfill these requirements. We will not move them to another forum. We will not send you a message explaining where your post went. Thank you for your understanding.

Thank you for your future cooperation,
TahitiNut - DU moderator