Britons to have prints taken in US airports

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Britons to have prints taken in US airports
London Telegraph
Saturday, April 26, 2008

More than four million British tourists face being fingerprinted when they leave the United States, under plans drawn up by the American government.
The Department of Homeland Security wants to tighten checks on foreigners going in and out of the country.
It has asked airlines to carry out the exit fingerprint checks on its behalf, prompting fears of lengthy delays at American airports for Britons.
"If you add anything to the process at an airport, you will end up with more people spending more time hanging about in queues," said a spokesman for the industry's trade body, the International Air Transport Association.
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"We are now being asked to be immigration officers.
"If the US government thinks it is so important to fingerprint people on leaving the country, they should have the immigration officers to do it."