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DHS Touts Success Of Fledgling Biometric Exit Checks For Foreign Nationals

DHS Touts Success Of Fledgling Biometric Exit Checks For Foreign Nationals
NEC Corp.'s facial matching algorithms are used by CBP in its backend biometric matching system. Photo: NEC

The use of biometric technology to verify the departure of foreign nationals from U.S. airports on international flights in accordance with their visa terms is showing positive results so far in limited deployments, the Department of Homeland Security says. Through Sept. 30, 2018, Customs and Border Protection and its stakeholders had deployed facial recognition at 15 locations, with additional airports and airlines committing to install the biometric exit operations, DHS says in its annual report on foreign nationals that entered…

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