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DHS Estimates Biometric Air Exit Program Would Cost $3 Billion Over 10 Years

Defense Daily Staff

Wednesday, October 9th, 2013

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The cost of implementing a biometric exit program at the nation’s airports would cost more than $3 billion over 10 years, according to officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Those estimates are about three times the expected costs a DHS official provided Congress in 2010 based on the results of pilot projects that explored options for collecting fingerprint data from foreign nationals departing the United States through airports. Rep. Steve Palazzo (R-Miss.), a member of the House Homeland…

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