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U.S. now fingerprinting foreign visitors at 50 crossings from Canada, Mexico

WASHINGTON (AP) - Foreign visitors at the 50 busiest land border crossings in 10 states linked to Canada and Mexico are now being fingerprinted as part of the government's new biometric screening system, the Homeland Security Department announced Monday.

The program is in effect at four Michigan-Ontario border crossings: the Ambassador Bridge and Detroit-Windsor Tunnel in Detroit, the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron and the International Bridge in Sault Ste. Marie. The system, called US-VISIT, scans photographs of the visitor's face and index fingers into a computer, which are matched with federal agencies' criminal databases.

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