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CBP Plans Further Biometric Exit Pilots To Track Foreign Nationals

CBP Plans Further Biometric Exit Pilots To Track Foreign Nationals
Test subjects queue at a mock CBP airport entry processing station as part of a DHS effort to test biometric entry and exit devices for foreign nationals arriving and departing U.S. airports. Photo: DHS

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 United States as well as a land border crossing…

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