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CBP System Ready to Ramp Up Biometric Exit Deployments

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, May 14th, 2018

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is ready to accelerate the adoption of a congressionally-mandated biometric exit system at U.S. airports and the agency expects to see airports and airlines begin to expand their participation in the program, says John Wagner, the CBP official overseeing the Biometric Exit program.The Traveler Verification Service (TVS) has been “scale tested” and is “able to handle the volume of international departing passengers that we see,” says Wagner, who is deputy executive assistant commissioner for the…

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