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Field Office.
Volume 27
September 2018 Edition
“Terrorists
and
criminals contin-
ually look for cre-
ative methods to
enter the U.S. in-
cluding using sto-
len genuine docu-
ments.”
“The new facial rec-
ognition technology
virtually eliminates
public of Congo in his shoe, according to
the ability for someone to use a genuine
U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
document that was issued to someone
Using another person’s identity docu- else.”
ment is a serious violation of U.S. immi-
gration laws that could result in crimi- This impostor intercepted at IAD was
only the first impostor detected us-
nal prosecution.
(A 26-year-old man from Brazil got caught after the cameras alerted U.S. Customs and Border
Protection officers that the traveler, who was carrying a French passport, did not match his pass-
port photo. He was from the Republic of Congo, not France.)
CBP is withholding the
man’s name until the
investigation is com-
pleted.
“Facial recognition
technology is an im-
portant step forward
for CBP in protecting
the United States
from all types of
threats,” said Casey
Durst, CBP’s Direc-
tor of the Baltimore
Courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
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