WHEN will we ever learn.
PC cr@p is going to get a lot of people killed.
I say send them all home now!!
No more visas and close the darn border until we have our country back under control.
This may be a start, but we've got a long way to go:
US airports to track departures
From correspondents in Washington
August 4, 2004
THE US government's system for ensuring that foreign visitors left the United States when expected would be expanded to 11 more airports and two seaports, a Homeland Security Department official said today.
Asa Hutchinson, the undersecretary for border and transportation security, made the announcement at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, which will begin participating later this month.
All foreign visitors who travel with a visa are fingerprinted and photographed, through the US-VISIT program, when they arrive at major US airports and seaports. The fingerprints and photos are automatically checked against databases to ensure that documents are legitimate and the visitor's name does not appear on terrorist or law enforcement watch lists.
Tracking the departure dates of foreign visitors has been a problem. An estimated 35 per cent to 40 per cent of undocumented immigrants have overstayed their visas, Homeland Security spokesman Bill Strassberger said.
The government has been testing an electronic exit system at Baltimore-Washington International Airport and Miami International Cruise Line Terminal. Visitors check out at kiosks, which electronically read documents, take fingerprints and a digital photo, and spit out a receipt verifying that the foreigner has checked out. Or, they can go through the same process with a US-VISIT staffer at departure gates.
The exit system will be added to these airports and seaports next month: William B Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta; Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport; Denver International Airport; Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport; Newark International Airport, in New Jersey; Philadelphia International Airport; Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport; San Francisco International Airport; San Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Seattle/Tacoma International Airport; and the San Pedro and Long Beach seaports in Los Angeles County, California.
US-VISIT eventually is to be installed at land ports of entry. Next month, foreigners travelling with passports will be required to use the exit system and supply fingerprints and photographs.
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