Based on its apparent success reducing illegal migrant traffic in the Mona Passage, the Coast Guard soon will expand a biometric pilot project to a dozen of its cutters operating out of South Florida in an attempt to deter illegal migration to the U.S. from Cuba. Cutters operating from Sectors Miami and Key West that patrol the Straits of Florida will be equipped with two handheld Integrated Biometric Identification System (IBIS) devices supplied by L-1 Identity Solutions [ID]. The IBIS…
Coast Guard Expands Biometric Trial into South Florida
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