U.S. TO BEGIN FINGERPRINTING ALIENS(Kicks off Sept. 11)

Washington Post ^ | August 12, 2002 | AP

[varina davis]

U.S. to Begin Fingerprinting Aliens

By Christopher Newton Associated Press Writer Monday, August 12, 2002; 8:18 PM

WASHINGTON –– The Justice Department has chosen Sept. 11 as the starting date for a new program that will require tens of thousands of foreign visitors to be fingerprinted and photographed at the border, U.S. officials announced Monday.

The security program, developed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, will begin at several unnamed ports of entry and will mostly affect those from Muslim and Middle Eastern countries.

[MD_Willington_1976]

FBI already has mine and I am a plain ol white guy from Canada

[syriacus]

During a pilot project using the same technology to identify wanted criminals attempting to re-enter the United States, the INS has received an average of about 70 fingerprint "hits" a week. The fingerprinting led to the arrest of more than 2,000 wanted felons between January and July.

Pretty interesting.

[Selara]

AND -- since we are so totally confusing causes with effects -- all should be lie-detector tested.

Why? All US military personnel are finger printed. If one works at many state or federal agencies they are fingerprinted. If a US citizen is arrested, they are finger printed. Heck, at places like K-Mart, parents can get their children fingerprinted.

Now, they are holding free DNA swabbing of children in many areas of the country. Many states take DNA samples from felons.

In principle, I am against forced fingerprinting and DNA swabbing, unless one is a criminal. However, we have all read so much how the terrorists and those who support them flit and fly from country to country. They come into this country repeatedly. To me, it makes sense, to use an identifier that they can not change at will.

[2rightsleftcoast]

My thoughts exactly!! How stupid are we!!!

[2rightsleftcoast]

Yes, stop all immigration from those countries for 1 year and spend that time finding all whose visas long ago expired and send them home now. Enough of this pc bull!!

[grasshopper]

AND -- since we are so totally confusing causes with effects -- all should be lie-detector tested.

Was I a prophet or something??

[Octavius]

That'l show 'em. We'll have the finger prints of those who kill us on file!
Why don't we also give 'em a good talking too!
Weak as water

[gulfcoast6]

What a wonderful Idea, sheesh, should have been done years ago.

[Selara]

Was I a prophet or something??

Would seem so. Mind scans, indeed. Almost everyone will be nervous after all the publicity of the terrible screening process. They need to arm the pilots!