The US Senate Judiciary Committee has voted in favour of an amendment to an Immigration Reform Bill that will see customs officials at US airports collecting the fingerprints of all foreign travellers departing the country.
Currently no such system is in place, something viewed as a security weakness, particularly because 40% of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the US overstayed their visas and there's no good system for tracking them.
Under the amendment, should it become law, the first phase will see the US's 10 busiest airports establish a fingerprinting system within two years after enactment of the bill. Within six years it would have to be in place at the 30 busiest airports.
US plans stricter immigration controls
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