Fingerprinting Proposal Rankles Travel Companies

Homeland Security passes the buck for it's new nonsense to the travel industry

WASHINGTON - Airline and cruise ship companies will be required to fingerprint foreign nationals leaving the United States under a controversial Department of Homeland Security proposal released Tuesday.

Entering US

More extensive tourist fingerprinting comes to U.S. ports

New York - Fourteen small white boxes with green glowing screens were installed this week at customs booths around John F. Kennedy International Airport here.

DHS

DHS begins collecting 10 fingerprints from international visitors at Boston Logan International Airport

(eTN) - The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today that it has begun collecting additional fingerprints from international visitors arriving at Boston Logan International Airport (Logan).

Japan

Fingerprinting harmless to tourism in Japan

Japan's new practice of fingerprinting and photographing foreigners has not discouraged tourism, with last year seeing a record number of visitors, a government survey.

Japan started the new security measures at airports and other points of entry despite concerns by rights groups and business leaders.