DHS Entry-Exit System Meets 2004 Goals Ahead of Schedule

Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security at the United States Department of Homeland Security, announced today that the Department of Homeland Security met a major milestone by implementing the US-VISIT entry-exit system at the 50 busiest land ports of entry ahead of schedule. Congress mandated that DHS complete this phase of an entry-exit system by December 31, 2004. As of December 29, 2004, US-VISIT was operational at the 50 busiest land border ports. The first results indicate that these new US-VISIT biometric procedures at land border ports of entry are also saving visitors time crossing the border.

This decrease in inspection time is the result of automating the Form I-94 process and US VISIT’s simple, fast and clean biometric processing.

“US VISIT is expediting the processing time for those visitors who are subject to US-VISIT procedures at land ports of entry,” said Asa Hutchinson. “The process, which in Laredo, TX, took more than 10 minutes before US-VISIT was implemented, now takes less than five minutes.” ...

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