US-VISIT Program to Track Alien Travelers at 50 Land Ports of Entry

Summary

The US Department of Homeland Security has launched the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program, a biometric entry-exit system that records alien arrivals and departures, verifies identities, and authenticates travel documents through biometric comparison. The program will begin enrolling aliens at 50 high-traffic land ports of entry, starting no later than December 2004.