DHS’s Biometric Entry/Exit System: 12 Years in the Making

Homeland Security Today: Just fourteen years ago, nineteen men committed an act of terror that fundamentally changed how the nation operates. The tragic events of September 11, 2001 prompted the rethinking of our nation’s entire system of homeland security with the restructuring of operations in both public and private sectors.

One implementation in particular changed how the federal government collects data on foreign nationals entering the country: the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) biometric entry system, which has been fully operational at all land, air, and sea ports of entry since 2006.

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