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Old Jun 8, 2011 | 9:15 pm
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Originally Posted by VegasCableGuy
This isn't my area of expertise at all, but CBPs NEXUS page claims they use iris scanning technology at northern border ports of entry, at NEXUS kiosks at Canadian Preclearance airports, and at marine reporting locations. It sounds like you're saying CBP doesn't have these machines and they say they do...? Again - not my area of expertise; what am I missing? I'm probably not understanding the terminology "marine reporting location", ie. Port of LA isn't one of those locations?
Yes, iris scanning is used solely for NEXUS members, to provide expedited clearance into the US/Canada. The NEXUS machines are not used by the CBP to process foreigners.
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