Saturday, May 11, 2013

Biometric Tracking of Non-U.S. Citizens should be MANDATORY in any Immigration Bill

In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Congress passed a law requiring the federal government to collect the fingerprints of every foreigner leaving the country so the U.S. could better track who has left and, more importantly, who has remained past the expiration of their visas. 
The Department of Homeland Security has been unable to establish that program in the 12 years since. And now the program has become a major point of contention in the Senate attempt to overhaul the nation's immigration laws given that millions of people who are in the country illegally first arrived here legally, but overstayed their temporary visas. 
[...]
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who was not involved in writing the immigration bill, filed a proposed amendment that would require Homeland Security to use biometric data — such as fingerprints or iris scans — for departing foreigners. The amendment would order the department to begin collecting biometric information at the 10 busiest international U.S. airports within two years, and expand to 30 airports within six years. 
"Biometric data provides the government with certainty that travelers (and not just their travel documents) have or have not left the country," Hatch's office stated. 
Democrats are unbowed, saying establishing a system to collect "biometric" data on every departing foreigner was deemed far too expensive by all members of the gang. (emphasis mine)
Read the full story HERE.

Too Expensive they say? The whole damn immigration bill is too expensive.

So the IMPORTANT PART (Security), they want to skimp on or cut corners. But they all want to make sure that these immigrants get all the subsidies they can sneak or hide in the bill.

There is SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS, don't you think?

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

When I lived in Japan, I had to carry my registration card with me and register at city hall every time I moved. It's a lot easier to spot me in a crowd there anyway, because I am not asian. Ask countries have laws but the US, it seems.

AZ

Anonymous said...

All not ask.

AZ