Border and Transportation Security; Notice to Aliens Included in the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology System (US-VISIT)

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The Department of Homeland Security (Department or DHS) has established the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program (US-VISIT), an integrated, automated entry-exit system that records the arrival and departure of aliens; verifies aliens' identities; and authenticates aliens' travel documents through comparison of biometric identifiers. On August 31, 2004, DHS implemented the second phase of US-VISIT by publishing an interim final rule in the Federal Register at 69 FR 53318 authorizing DHS to require certain aliens to provide fingerprints, photographs or other biometric identifiers upon arrival in the United States at the 50 most trafficked land ports of entry. The interim rule also authorized DHS to identify the specific land border ports in a separate notice published in the Federal Register. This notice identifies the 50 most trafficked land ports of entry where US-VISIT will be implemented. The notice further provides an estimated date when each port will begin enrolling aliens in US-VISIT at the secondary inspection area. Pursuant to the August 31, 2004 interim rule, all 50 ports of entry will begin enrolling aliens in US- VISIT no later than Dec