Border agents are going to photograph everyone leaving the US by car
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Summary
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has claimed that within the next few months it will introduce facial recognition technology at official border crossings to photograph every person leaving the country by car and match their face to their passport, visa or travel document using facial recognition technology, with no stated timeline for the initiative’s introduction;.
A CBP spokesperson said the move is an extension of its current process which requires passports and other travel documents to be photographed as people enter the US;.
CBP has been working on tracking people as they leave the country for years, and already uses facial recognition technology at 57 US airports;.
It is believed the move will not only assist the CBP in tracking travellers with criminal records, but will also help monitor self-deportations as the US government encourages undocumented migrants to leave the country voluntarily.