
Customs and Border Protection is deploying its Simplified Arrival facial comparison system to multiple pedestrian border crossings within the El Paso Field Office area of operations, including Columbus, Santa Teresa, Presidio, Tornillo and Fort Hancock. Simplified Arrival uses facial comparison technology to automate the manual identity document checks currently required for admission into the U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to award SITA a contract for services to electronically transmit airline data to the agency. The data includes passenger name…