Using a specially designed, CBP biometric mobile device, the officer took fingerprints of the woman’s two index fingers. Upon further questioning, the woman admitted that four years ago, she had come into the country illegally. No visa was attached and the woman didn’t have a green card to prove she was a lawful permanent resident. The biometric system alerted the officers because when preflight information was gathered on the woman, no historical photos to match against her could be found.Ī CBP officer took the woman aside and looked at her passport. It’s a 28-year old woman, a Mexican national with a Mexican passport. Customs and Border Protection officers assisting the passengers are alerted that they need to check one of the travelers. The photos are being matched through biometric facial recognition technology to photos that were previously taken of the passengers for their passports, visas, or other government documentation. One by one the passengers scan their boarding passes and approach a camera that’s set up on a jetway where they have their pictures taken before they board the flight. It’s 7:45 on a Wednesday morning in May at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and passengers are boarding Delta Air Lines flight 334 to Mexico City.
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