CBP Administrative Messages, Electronic Bulletin Board Notices, Etc
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release announcing that biometric identification technology is fully operational within all 136 Border Patrol stations. CBP states that its goal is to have Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System technology (IAFIS) fully deployed at all ports of entry by the end of 2005. (CBP Press Release dated 10/07/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/10072004.xml)
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1. CBP's Biometric Identification Technology is Operational at All Border Patrol Stations
2. CBP Fact Sheet on "5% Myth" Regarding Cargo Container Inspections
CBP has issued a fact sheet summarizing its cargo container inspection practices. In this fact sheet, CBP addresses the "5% Myth" - an assertion that 95% of the containers that come into U.S. ports are not inspected. Among other things, CBP states that it uses intelligence to review information on 100% of cargo entering U.S. ports and all cargo that presents a risk is inspected using large x-ray and radiation detection equipment. (CBP Fact Sheet, dated 10/07/04, available at http://search.cbp.gov/cs.html?charset=utf-8&url=http%3A//www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/accomplish/5percent_myth.ctt/5percent_myth.doc&qt=5%25myth&col=&n=2&la=en)
3. CBP Proposed Rule on Protecting Sound Recordings and Motion Pictures from Import Pirates
CBP has issued a press release announcing that on October 5, 2004 it published in the Federal Register proposed regulations that will allow CBP to protect sound recordings and motion pictures from piracy while copyright registration is pending. (See ITT's Online Archives or 10/07/04 news, 04100710, for BP summary of this proposed rule.) (CBP Press Release, dated 10/05/04, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/press_releases/10052004.xml)