Progress Seen in Border Tests of ID System
Immigration officials say they are moving rapidly to meet a congressionally mandated deadline for a sophisticated new identification system to be in use at its 100 most porous entry points over the next year. The system will use ID cards encrypted with digital photos, signatures, biographical information and fingerprints that have been issued by the State Department and the Immigration and Naturalization Service by the millions over the last five years. :: This New York Times report is submitted for your mark of the beast (Rev 13:16-18) files on identification technology.