Posted on 10/31/2005 1:52:33 PM PST by Ben Mugged
Computerized security measures inaugurated after 9/11, intended to help in the war against terrorism by foreigners, are providing an addition benefit: the apprehension of U.S. citizens wanted by police.
Since the terror attacks in 2001, immigration computers have been hooked up to the database of criminal records and terrorist watch lists maintained by the FBI.
The computers are in use at airports, most border crossings and in domestic immigration offices that handle applications for permanent residency and citizenship.
~snip~Among those caught at the Mexican border were a North Carolina man wanted for multiple sex crimes involving children, and a fugitive couple from Colorado wanted for a double murder.
"This technology is a fast, effective weapon in the war on terror,” said Customs and Border Protection chief Robert C. Bonner, but [it] also gives our agents a means to apprehend criminals and fugitives of every kind.”
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Now you've done it.
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