Originally Posted by
GUWonder
What makes you sure that they were fingerprinting all adult US citizens arriving in the US at IAD? If that has become routine for US citizens at IAD -- whether or not using APC kiosks (distinct from GE kiosks) -- that would be new and news to me.
Here's what I saw; two lines at passport control. One for US citizens, permanent residents and ESTA travelers. The other for everyone else. The first line was routed to kiosks (and I don't know which kind of kiosk); the kiosk recorded fingerprints.
I was really surprised to see them taking fingerprints from US citizens. I'm not a citizen (I'm a green card holder); I was watching folks use the kiosks because I hadn't used one before and wanted to figure out what to do.
I suppose a person could use the other line if they didn't want to give fingerprints. I assume a US citizen can't be denied entry or penalized because they refuse this?