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Homeland Security

Tech Developments

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 8th, 2020

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Tech Developments

CBP Brings Facial Comparison to Pedestrian Crossing in Buffalo Customs and Border Protection has deployed its facial recognition technology at the pedestrian border crossing at Peace Bridge in Buffalo, N.Y., to enhance the identity verification process for individuals entering the U.S. from Canada. People arriving at the pedestrian lane will provide their travel document to a CBP officer and pause for a photo. The officer will review and query the document, which will retrieve the traveler’s passport or visa photo…

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