Customs and Border Protection expands use of facial recognition

Customs and Border Protection is making progress testing and deploying their facial recognition technology at air, sea and land ports across the country. CBP is using the technology to scan travelers at 26 seaports and 159 land-ports and airports across the country, the Government Accountability Office told the House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on July 27. CBP installed facial recognition technology to biometrically confirm travelers' identities for all arriving and departing travelers.