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CBP To Significantly Expand Cargo, Vehicle Screening On Southwest Border, DHS Chief Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, February 25th, 2020

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CBP To Significantly Expand Cargo, Vehicle Screening On Southwest Border, DHS Chief Says

VACIS mobile inspection system from Leidos. Photo: Leidos

By 2023 the U.S. government will significantly expand the percentages of commercial and passenger vehicles entering the U.S. through land parts of entry on the southwest border as the Department of Homeland Security ramps up purchases of scanning equipment, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf said on Tuesday. Currently, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) scans 15 percent of commercial vehicles and 1 percent of passenger vehicles and in the next few years will increase those percentages to 72 percent and…

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