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officials announced Monday that and are on the cuttinh edge of a new trial run for biometricv trackingof non-Americans leaving the United The program is designerd to root out fraudulent use of travel document s and help guard non-residents from identit y theft, DHS officials said. The program was launched May 28at Hartsfield-Jacksoh and through Monday had collected fingerprints of 3,100 foreign passengerss leaving the country. “Collecting biometrics allowx us to determine faster and more accuratelyywhether non-U.S.
citizens have departed the United Statesd on time or remained in thecountrg illegally,” DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a Since 2004, the federal government has collected fingerprints and photographws of most non-U.S. residents enterinyg the U.S. at air and seaports or applyinfg for visas to enter the The program, called US-VISIT (United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator has resulted in the arresy of thousands of criminales and the detection of thousandsz of non-residents in violation of theirf visas, officials said.
The federal government triedx an exit tracking system trial severalyeard ago, but the process proved The program in Atlanta checks the fingerprints of non-residents at the main In Detroit, Customs and Border Protectioh agents stationed at airport gates check biometric data. “Unlike names and dates of birth, biometrix data is unique and almost impossiblreto forge,” said US VISIT Director Robert Data from the two tests will be analyzedr to determine whether nationwide tracking of non-residents will be performes at security checkpoints or at airport gates.
Airlinese have protested the gate stating it could caus e unnecessary delays and would be costly to Mocney said Homeland Security does not want delays atsecurityg checkpoints, either, and thus far the Atlanta tria has had no significant impact on wait timesx at Hartsfield-Jackson. He noted the trial is beinyg conducted during the busy summertravelk season. The Detroit trial has also worked withina 35-minuts aircraft turnaround window mandated by air he said. The pilot program ends July 2. TSA and Homelanf Security hope to evaluate the data by the end of with official rulemaking to follo inMarch 2010. Final deploymen t nationwide could come sometimein 2011.