
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Thursday said he has directed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to implement a biometric exit solution at United States airports beginning in 2018, making use of new visa fees enabled by Congress in the federal spending bill for FY ’16.CBP has already begun testing technologies for a biometric exit system for nationwide deployment, Johnson said in his annual State of Homeland Security address at the Woodrow Wilson Center. He said the omnibus spending bill…