Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

Episode 18: US VISIT update

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s US VISIT program is one of the largest identification projects started after 9/11. The program has been collecting fingerprints from travelers entering the U.S. for years, but the program is supposed to also be collecting them at exit to confirm that individual’s are leaving the country. Regarding ID Editor Zack Martin talked with Bob Mocny, director of the US VISIT program, about the challenges with the exit portions, as well as some other news with the program.


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