It is something that should be done. It has not been done. The first requirement for this was in 1996 through the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. The requirements were largely ignored. and eventually modified until the terrorist attacks on September 11 caused us to focus again on the issue. Congress responded by once again demanding that government implement an exit system with the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act. which stated that an entry and exit data system should be fully implemented for airports. seaports. and land border ports of entry "with all deliberate speed and as expeditiously as practical." Fifteen years ago. that occurred. Congress then reiterated its demand for a biometric entryexit system in 2002 when it passed the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act. This bill required the government to install biometric readers and scanners "at all ports of entry of the United States." Subsequently and consistent with the recommendations of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Congress passed the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. which mandated that the entryexit system be biometrically based.
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