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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 762985" data-attributes="member: 12952">U.S. visa violators unlikely to be fingeredBiometric exit loses appealBy Shaun WatermanThe Department of Homeland Security is not expected to implement a&nbsp; congressionally mandated program that would confirm the departure of&nbsp; foreign visitors from the United States through electronic fingerprint&nbsp; scans — a so-called biometric exit system.Two department officials, who asked not to be named because the&nbsp; matter involves internal deliberations, told The Washington Times that&nbsp; Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will discuss options about&nbsp; the system at a special meeting Wednesday. But the officials said Ms.&nbsp; Napolitano is strongly leaning toward an exit-control system based on&nbsp; gathering the names of departing foreigners, rather than their&nbsp; fingerprints — an option known as a biographical solution.Abandoning plans for biometric exit would require Congress to reverse&nbsp; repeated legislative mandates for such a system, designed by lawmakers&nbsp; to solve one of the thorniest problems in immigration control and&nbsp; enforcement: knowing whether foreign visitors are leaving the country&nbsp; when they should.Those who remain after their visas expire&nbsp; represent as much as 40 percent of the estimated 11 million illegal&nbsp; immigrants in the United States</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 762985, member: 12952"] [B]U.S. visa violators unlikely to be fingered Biometric exit loses appeal By Shaun Waterman[/B] The Department of Homeland Security is not expected to implement a congressionally mandated program that would confirm the departure of foreign visitors from the United States through electronic fingerprint scans — a so-called biometric exit system. Two department officials, who asked not to be named because the matter involves internal deliberations, told The Washington Times that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will discuss options about the system at a special meeting Wednesday. But the officials said Ms. Napolitano is strongly leaning toward an exit-control system based on gathering the names of departing foreigners, rather than their fingerprints — an option known as a biographical solution. Abandoning plans for biometric exit would require Congress to reverse repeated legislative mandates for such a system, designed by lawmakers to solve one of the thorniest problems in immigration control and enforcement: knowing whether foreign visitors are leaving the country when they should. [COLOR=maroon][B]Those who remain after their visas expire represent as much as 40 percent of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States[/B][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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