Border Security
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security last month activated a new database on incoming travelers
… System of Records for Border Crossing Information centralizes data collected through a variety of pre-existing border security programs and retains it for 15 years for U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, and 75 years for non …
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Airport Laptop Seizures Debated in Washington
… potential inspection and seizure of their laptops and other electronic devices, and copying of the electronic files they contain as part of the country's border security . Upheld in April by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
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DHS Proposes Airlines Collect Fingerprints Of Departing Foreigners
… We've built an effective entry system, and combined with the proposed exit system, we'll have made a quantum leap in America's border security ," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in a prepared statement.
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DHS Scraps Passport Plan
… managers and service providers, in a statement praised the administration for looking at the "big picture" of the impact of border security programs on international commerce. "Many elements of this plan are clear victories for the travel industry and for business …
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Inside Track - 2005-07-18
… has been done. Much remains to do," Chertoff said. Key aspects of the plan—which focuses on risk preparedness, border security and resource allocation—include appointing an undersecretary of policy to maintain "enhanced private sector liaison …
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GAO Deems TSA's Secure Flight Progress Incomplete
… Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.), a ranking member of the House homeland security subcommittee on infrastructure and border security , in a briefing held by the American Civil Liberties Union late last week. "At this point, I'm a little concerned that …
