Homeland Security To Scan Citizens Exiting US

An anonymous reader writes "The US Department of Homeland Security is set to kickstart a controversial new pilot to scan the fingerprints of travellers departing the United States. From June, US Customs and Border Patrol will take a fingerprint scan of travellers exiting the United States from Detroit, while the US Transport Security Administration will take fingerprint scans of international travellers exiting the United States from Atlanta. The controversial plan to scan outgoing passengers — including US citizens — was allegedly hatched under the Bush Administration. An official has said it will be used in part to crack down on the US population of illegal immigrants."

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i totally agree with your sentiment

[ClioCJS]

...But I have to ask, is it really true that we're the only one to erect barriers to who can leave? North Korea? China? Hello?

Re:Idiocy

[Daengbo]

If Americans have a minimum wage and laws about which taxes need to be paid, these need to be followed. If it has a system for determining who can work and who can't, that system needs to be followed. If people are in the country illegally, they need to be removed or made legal some way. Personally, I all for just opening up the borders in the NAFTA countries the way the EU has, but the US would have to change its laws in order to do that.

Allowing something illegal because your law sucks is idiotic. Change the law.