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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Re:Idiocy

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The people who allegedly did the 9-11 attacks had brown skin and are rather indistinguishable from the brown-skinned people south of the U.S border.

Are you really suggesting that you can't tell the difference between someone from Central America and someone from the Middle East?

I know that you are trying to be fescisious, but I work with a guy that has a very strong middle eastern accent and looks like he is from Egypt. When I asked him where he was from he told me Canada... he was serious. His whole family has lived there for at least three generations. So, you can't always tell.