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Trump Order Calls For DHS To Accelerate Biometric Entry/Exit

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, January 30th, 2017

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Trump Order Calls For DHS To Accelerate Biometric Entry/Exit

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. Photo: DHS

A directive for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to expedite the completion of a program to record biometrics of foreign nationals arriving to and departing from the United States was tucked away in President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order Friday suspending immigration from seven countries and a refugee admissions program.“The Secretary of Homeland Security shall expedite the completion and implementation of a biometric entry-exit tracking system for all travelers to the United States, as recommended” by the 9/11 Commission,…

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