CBP Introduces Biometric Facial Comparison at Progreso Port of Entry to Secure and St

CBP Introduces Biometric Facial Comparison at Progreso Port of Entry to Secure and Streamline Travel

Release Date: February 12, 2020


PROGRESO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is introducing biometric facial comparison technology to further secure and streamline travel through the Progreso Port of Entry in southern Texas.


CBP will deploy biometric facial comparison technology to all pedestrian lanes at the port during the week of February 10, 2020. The technology will enhance the identity verification process for lawful entry into the United States.


When a traveler arrives at the pedestrian lanes, he or she will pose for a photo at the primary inspection point. A CBP officer will review and query the travel document, which will retrieve the traveler’s passport or visa photo from government holdings. The new photo of the traveler will be compared to the photo from his or her travel document. The facial comparison process only takes a few seconds and is over 97 percent accurate.


It is not mandatory for U.S. citizens to have their photo taken. U.S. citizens who wish to opt out of the new biometric process may notify a CBP officer when approaching the primary inspection area and request a manual document check.


CBP is committed to its privacy obligations and has taken steps to safeguard the privacy of all travelers. CBP has employed strong technical security safeguards and has limited the amount of personally identifiable information used in the new biometric process. New photos of U.S. citizens will be deleted within 12 hours. Photos of foreign nationals will be stored in a secure DHS system.


Facial biometrics bolster CBP’s entry and exit identification of travelers by enhancing CBP’s ability to secure the border, identify persons of interest and strengthen reporting and analysis of travelers entering and departing the United States. Since September 2018, CBP has used biometric facial comparison to interdict nearly 250 imposters who attempted to cross the Southwest Border using another person’s travel document.


The implementation of this technology is a direct result of recommendations from the 9/11 Commission, and addresses Congressional mandates to biometrically record the entry and exit of non-U.S. citizens.
More information about CBP’s efforts to secure and streamline travel through facial biometrics is available here.



https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-m...t-entry-secure

Pass a "US-MEX Border Tollbooth Agreement"



Charge $2.00 per person entering North and South.


We use our revenue to pay for this technology, hire more Border Patrol, and use funds for immediate deportations of ALL illegal aliens back over the FIRST border they illegally crossed.

The U.S. taxpayers are not their Travel Agent, we are not their Uber Driver. NO more taxpayer funded free flights home any more!

Mexico let them in and Mexico can pay to ship them home!

Mandatory that Mexico uses their revenue to put gangs and cartels in their prisons. Use the revenue to create jobs and build new cities in Southern Mexico away from our border and clean up their border towns for more tourism.


The San Ysidro crossing would net over $5,000,000 a month alone.

We have over 50 Crossings with 330 Ports of Entry.

Get this Agreement drafted and to Trump for signature now!

We need this revenue and Mexico needs this revenue to clean up their country!

Related:

CBP Introduces Biometric Facial Comparison at Laredo Port of Entry to Secure and Streamline Travel

https://www.alipac.us/f12/cbp-introd...-entry-375840/

5/29/2015

"This fall, customs agents will begin collecting face and iris scans of people entering and returning from Mexico on foot from a San Diego border crossing."

Border facial recognition test program

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Originally Posted by Beezer

Charge $2.00 per person entering North and South.

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Tourist Cards: The Mexican government assesses a 170-peso (at press time, approximately $18 U.S.) tourist entry fee for each visitor entering Mexico for pleasure or on business.
The fee must be paid in order to have your tourist card validated if you plan to remain anywhere in Mexico for more than 72 hours, or stay less than 72 hours and travel beyond the 26-kilometer (16-mile) border zone.

https://www.aaa.com/aaa/Traveler/mexico.html

Tourist Cards

There is a fee of about $24 USD for a tourist card. If you are traveling by air or on a cruise, the fee for your tourist card is included in the cost of your trip, and you will be given the card to fill out.

Apr 11, 2019

What Is a Mexican Tourist Card and How Do I Get One?

www.tripsavvy.com › ... › Mexico › More to Explore › Essentials

I pay "fees" and costs for my drivers license, registration, and car insurance.

I also pay taxes on gas to maintain roads and freeways.

We are also charged TOLLS on a lot of our freeways.



PASS THE "US-MEX TOLL BOOTH AGREEMENT" TO MAINTAIN AND PAY FOR OUR OUR BORDER ENTRY POINTS.

MEXICO'S "TOURIST CARDS" DO NOT PAY TO FUND OUR BORDER.

Travel to the USA
www.nmborder.com › Travel_to_the_USA

All Mexican citizens planning to visit the United States must first obtain a visa prior to ... The current non-refundable application fee for most visas is US$131 . . .

"A toll road is a highway, or section of highway, where the user

pays a fee for the road’s upkeep and maintenance as they drive

on it."

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Charge a Toll to enter the USA to maintain the UPKEEP of our Border Patrol stations, bio-metric data systems, repairs to roads and facilities on our borders.


TOLLS ARE A SEPERATE CHARGE FROM APPLYING FOR A "VISA".

TOLLS are a separate charge from applying for Drivers License as well.