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HOMELAND SECURITY TO SCAN FINGERPRINTS OF PEOPLE EXITING THE UNITED STATES: ?The controversial plan?

By Glenn Reynolds

HOMELAND SECURITY TO SCAN FINGERPRINTS OF PEOPLE EXITING THE UNITED STATES: “The controversial plan to scan outgoing passengers ? including US citizens ? was allegedly hatched under the Bush Administration. An official has said it will be used in part to crack down on the US population of illegal immigrants.” One day, they’ll figure out that they’ll get more mileage by checking on the people coming into the United States. . . .

Related: Cancer Patient Held At Airport For Missing Fingerprints: “A 62-year-old man visiting his relatives in the US was held for four hours by immigration officials after they could not detect his fingerprints because of a cancer drug he was taking. The man was prescribed capecitabine, a drug used to treat cancers in the head, neck, breast, and stomach. Some of the drug’s side-effects include chronic inflammation of the palms or soles of the feet, which can cause the skin to peel or bleed.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on May 29, 2009 (boomark / email).