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CBP Plans Further Biometric Exit Pilots to Track Foreign Nationals

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014

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TAMPA, Fla.—In addition to an ongoing high priority testing program with the research arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is planning additional pilots of biometric exit procedures and technologies to better track the departure of foreign nationals from the United States, according to department officials. The forthcoming CBP exit pilots planned for next spring will experiment with applications at an international airport in the U.S. as well as a land border crossing in…

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