Customs and Border Protection reverses course on mandatory facial recognition program after receiving significant pushback.
"There are no current plans to require U.S. citizens to provide photographs upon entry and exit from the United States," a Customs and Border Protection spokesman said in a statement."CBP intends to have the planned regulatory action regarding U.S. citizens removed from the unified agenda next time it is published.”
CBP says they initially considered including U.S. citizens in their bio-metric entry-exit program due to the logistical challenges of having separate entry processes for U.S. citizens and foreign nationals at airports nationwide. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer instructs an international traveler to look into a camera as he uses facial recognition technology to screen a traveler entering the U.S. on Feb. 27, 2018 at Miami International Airport in Miami, Fla.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer instructs an international traveler to look into a camera as he uses facial recognition technology to screen a traveler entering the U.S. on Feb. 27, 2018 at Miami International Airport in Miami, Fla.But after significant pushback from the American Civil Liberties Union and members of Congress, the CBP reversed course to allow U.S. citizens to continue to voluntarily participate in the bio-metric entry-exit program.
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