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| Automated Fingerprint System Helps Border Patrol |
| 2005-07-26 |
| It's been on line at all eight Tucson Sector US Border Patrol stations for nearly one year. Agents say it's not just a success; it's a godsend. The IAFIS, or Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, takes all ten prints from illegal entrants and matches them with the FBI Criminal Database. If a 'hit' comes up, agents detain their suspect. In many cases, the 'hits' turn out to be convicts under court order never to return to the U.S. ... "Because the Tucson Sector is the busiest sector and has the most apprehensions for any sectors wtih the border patrol, now that we're using IAFIS system, we are identifying more of the individuals that we catch as having criminal records," explains Andrea Zortman, a spokes person for the US Customs and Border Protection. To date, 28,324 criminals have been caught trying to get into the U.S. illegally, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection... That figure represents a 70% jump over all of 2004, but IAFIS wasn't put on line at all eight stations in the Tucson Sector until the end of the summer. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #3 The IAFIS, or Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, takes all ten prints from illegal entrants and matches them with the FBI Criminal Database. If a 'hit' comes up, agents detain their suspect. A little voice is telling me something still isn't fixed here. What if there's no "hit"? Do they immediately deport the individual in question or is a hearing date still issued and the person in question allowed to simply walk out the door? |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-07-26 20:03 |
| #2 it doesn't take much to get kicked out and told never to return, any kind of screw up can get the job done if you are foriegner.. |
| Posted by: dcreeper 2005-07-26 14:28 |
| #1 In many cases, the 'hits' turn out to be convicts under court order never to return to the U.S. I'd sure love to know why such people aren't summarily executed. Seems to me that'd solve the majority of problems associated with illegal immigration. |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-07-26 01:42 |