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NEWS ABOUT: Customs and Border Protection

Customs and Border Protection stories: 6 news summaries

 New Passport Rules 
 Burden Businesses 
 on US Borders 

Fewer traveling into US

Aug 14, 09 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Businesses on the US side of the Canadian border say they're struggling now that travelers must show a passport to get into the country. In June, when the new law went into effect, the 11 busiest border bridges saw 23% less traffic than last year, the Wall Street Journal reports.... More »

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Mexico • Canada • businesses • passport • border • identification • Customs and Border Protection

Iris Cards Let Travelers Skip Customs

US signs deal with Holland, and more
are on the way

Apr 24, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new digital card will allow Americans to skip customs lines at a foreign airport for the first time, reports USA Today. In a deal between Homeland Security officials and the Netherlands, US travelers approved for the ID card will be able to speed through Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, while... More »

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travel • JFK Airport • Netherlands • Department of Homeland Security • air travel • LAX • Customs and Border Protection • iris recognition • customs • Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Suit Claims In-Flight Booze Led to Domestic Violence

Courts must decide if United jet constituted a bar

Dec 17, 08 2:04 PM CST
(Newser) - A couple has sued United Airlines for deliberately serving the husband too much wine on a 2006 international flight, triggering a physical fight with his wife upon landing. The case rides on whether US courts find United beholden to the same liabilities as bars, and if they can preside over... More »

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San Francisco • United Airlines • domestic violence • civil lawsuits • negligence • Customs and Border Protection • Osaka, Japan

Feds Compile Database on Border-Crossing US Citizens

Agents will track crossings and store info for 15 years

Aug 20, 08 4:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The federal government has begun tracking the border crossings of US citizens and building a huge database with the information, the Washington Post reports. The data collection, made possible by machine-readable documents, has alarmed privacy groups. The government plans to keep the information for 15 years and share it with... More »

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border control • Department of Homeland Security • database • national database • border crossing • Customs and Border Protection

Border Agents Have Right to Seize Any Traveler's Laptop

Homeland Security 'update' outlines sweeping powers

Aug 1, 08 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - US border agents can seize laptop computers or other electronc devices from any traveler entering the country and keep them indefinitely, even without suspicion of wrongdoing, the Washington Post reports. A policy update released by Homeland Security, dated July 16, says agents can keep any information-storing device they please and... More »

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homeland security • Department of Homeland Security • laptop • border security • border • Customs and Border Protection

 Visitor Fingerprinting Expanded 

Homeland Security hopes scans of all 10 digits will improve tracking, monitoring

Mar 27, 08 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Visitors to the US entering through New York's John F. Kennedy airport will have all 10 fingers scanned under a new program of the Department of Homeland Security, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Officials hope the program, called US-VISIT, will allow customs—which currently collects just two prints from non-citizen... More »

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immigration • fingerprint • Department of Homeland Security • visa • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • ports of entry • Customs and Border Protection

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