U.S. homeland security abandons plan for face scans for U.S. citizens
Source: Reuters
U.S. homeland security abandons plan for face scans for U.S. citizens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration said Thursday it no longer plans to propose a regulation next year that would require all travelers - including U.S. citizens - to be photographed when entering or leaving the United States.
The proposed regulation was slated to be issued in July by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as part of the Trump administrations regulatory agenda. The agency said Thursday after consulting Congress and privacy experts it would not move forward. There are no current plans to require U.S. citizens to provide photographs upon entry and exit from the United States. CBP intends to have the planned regulatory action regarding U.S. citizens removed from the unified agenda next time it is published, the agency said.
Senator Ed Markey, a Democrat, credited public pressure with the decision, which he called a victory for every single American traveler who flies on a plane.
Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-privacy/u-s-homeland-security-abandons-plan-for-face-scans-for-u-s-citizens-idUSKBN1Y92BT
Pachamama
(17,008 posts)...questions for customs and agriculture it takes your picture.
They have this in a database - the machine first scans your passport, confirms on the screen what flight you arrived on, and then it takes a photo of you standing there.
I call bullshit. They have been gathering info and actively installed these machines in every arrival for international arrivals for both US citizens and visitors in last two years.
Eugene
(62,626 posts)DHS wanted to make the scans compulsory coming in and going out.
Pachamama
(17,008 posts)Thats my point -the data is already separately being collected by them
You are referring to the camera at the station with border and customs patrol asking questions and looking at your passport. I am referring to the 100s of automated machines now installed at each port of entry that you have to go to before you get to that customs and border patrol.
They already have your passport scanned in, know the flight you arrived on and took your picture and its in a database. They are already gathering the info.
You are correct about outgoing. That part they dont have - although it is still collected when the info is collected by each airline and then by the arriving country and available in the Interpol database.