From the US Department of Homeland Security website:
But seriously. I cannot wait to see the political/statistical bullshittery that went into backing up the case for 10-fingerprint machines. Is there any evidence that terrorists with innocent-looking index fingers have been getting through immigration? Americans, do you feel any safer just because all visitors to the USA now have to present all their fingers rather than the two they pick their noses with?
I challenge all foreign visitors to see if they can flip the immigration staff the bird without them noticing.
10-Fingerprint Scanners to Deploy at all Ports of EntryDamnit. Do you know how long it took me to change my name from Ahmed Hamas Al-Qaeda Deathtoamerica Bin Laden, get the passport of a homely British girl, have the sex-change operation and extensive plastic surgery to look like her, and harvest her index fingerprints? Now I'm going to have to go and find the body and see if I can get those other eight fingertips back. They're going to be a bugger to sew on.
The Department of Homeland Security plans to replace the current two-fingerprint scanners with new 10-fingerprint scanners at all U.S. ports of entry over the next year.
On November 29, 2007, Homeland Security will begin the initial transition at Washington Dulles International Airport. In early 2008, nine U.S. airports will also collect additional fingerprints from international visitors. They include:The Department of State currently uses 10-fingerprint scanners at most of its visa-issuing posts and will complete deployment worldwide by the end of 2007.
- Boston Logan International Airport (Boston, Mass.)
- Chicago O'Hare International Airport (Chicago, Ill.)
- Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (Detroit, Mich.)
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (Atlanta, Ga.)
- George Bush Houston Intercontinental Airport (Houston, Texas)
- Miami International Airport (Miami, Fla.)
- John F. Kennedy International Airport (New York, N.Y.)
- Orlando International Airport (Orlando, Fla.)
- San Francisco International Airport. (San Francisco, Calif.)
The transition from collecting two digital fingerprints to collecting 10 fingerprints from international visitors is one of the department's top priorities because it furthers the department's ability to keep dangerous people out of the United States, while making legitimate travel more efficient.
But seriously. I cannot wait to see the political/statistical bullshittery that went into backing up the case for 10-fingerprint machines. Is there any evidence that terrorists with innocent-looking index fingers have been getting through immigration? Americans, do you feel any safer just because all visitors to the USA now have to present all their fingers rather than the two they pick their noses with?
I challenge all foreign visitors to see if they can flip the immigration staff the bird without them noticing.
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