A US Senator has said that fingerprint is the only biometric that is needed to track visitors entering and exiting the country, suggesting there is no need to build an entire new system for the process.Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest of the Senate Judiciary Committee was speaking at a Senate panel, reports FCW.”Iris, face scans, we don't need that,” said Sessions. “We should use fingerprints” as biometric identifiers, he said. “That's what's in law enforcement databases. Why create a new system?”He said delays in implementing a biometric exit system were partly the fault of the airline industry, saying airlines and airports have pushed back against exit systems because of potential delays and other problems.”Airlines don't determine policy,” he said.However, later in the same debate other participants noted the progress made by other modalities.”Facial recognition has come a long way in accuracy,” said Erik Bowman, Northrop Grumman's chief engineer for the U.S. Army's Automated Biometric Identification System. Bowman said that the accuracy of facial scans had climbed from 70 percent to 90 percent in recent years. In some cases, he said, existing camera systems in buildings and other locations could be harnessed for the capability.Earlier this week, the CBP launched a new face recognition pilot at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as part of nationwide biometric border plans.
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