"Simon Elliott" schreef in bericht
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4/ Will the land borders be covered?

From:

http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interap...lease_0332.xml
"The Department of Homeland Security today also began a pilot test of exit
procedures for departing passengers holding visas. A departure confirmation
program using automated kiosks is being tested at Baltimore-Washington
International Airport and at selected Miami Seaport cruise line terminals.
Foreign visitors exiting the United States from those locations will be
required to confirm their departure at the kiosk. US-VISIT officials will
evaluate the tests and consider alternatives to the automated kiosks for
departure confirmation throughout 2004.

Congress has mandated that an automated entry-exit program be implemented at
the 50 busiest land ports of entry by December 31, 2004, and at all land
ports by December 31, 2005. A Request for Proposal (RFP) was issued in
November to engage the private sector to help the US-VISIT program develop
the optimum solutions for entry and exit processing. The contract will be
awarded in May 2004."

So a self-service system for registering exits. I wonder how a Chinese or
Ukrainian grandmother is going to operate that system. Expect many problems
with people trying to enter the US for a second time after not having
properly exited.

"The contract will be awarded in May 2004" To Haliburton?

Sjoerd