[news] U.S. to Start Fingerprinting at 50 Busiest Land Border Crossings

[Resist!ca]

Tuesday January 4, 2005 12:01 AM By LESLIE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) - "Foreign visitors at the 50 busiest land border crossings in 10 states are now being fingerprinted as part of the government's new biometric screening system, the Homeland Security Department announced on Monday. The system, called US-VISIT, scans photographs of the visitor's face and index fingers into a computer, which are matched with federal agencies' criminal databases."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/1/16/16623/9604