US-VISIT Facilities & Engineering United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Transportation Border Working Group Delta Bow Valley – Calgary, Alberta October 20 and 21st

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 2 2 Overview - Facilities and Engineering Update  Milestones/Accomplishments Achieved  Current Status and Progress  Program Increment Details  Environmental Strategy  Coordination and Communications  Current Challenges and Issues  Questions/Discussion

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 3 3 Achievements and Milestones  Program Consolidated  Multiple Increments Defined, Staffed and Underway  Increment 1 (Airports/Seaports) Implemented  Increment 2A (Biometric Documentation) To Be Implemented by the end of October  Prime Integrator Selected and Underway

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 4 4 Other Accomplishments  Over 250 known criminals have been prevented from entering the country  Over 1,000 individuals (including convicted rapists, drug traffickers, and other felons) have been intercepted using biometrics.  Over 6 million foreign visitors have been enrolled in the program with no significant wait times attributed to US VISIT

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 5 5 At Present  Developing End Vision and Strategic Plan for US VISIT  Completing Concept of Operations and Business Requirements for Land Port Implementation  VWP (Visa Waiver) travelers now included in US- VISIT  Implementation of Entry capability at top 50 LPOE  Radio Frequency (RF) identification technology currently being evaluated (passive, remote transponders)

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 6 6 Increments Defined  Increment 1 – Air and Seaport Entry, Pilot Exit  Increment 2A – Biometric Enabled Documentation  Increment 2B – Biometric Collection on Entry at 50 Largest Ports  Increment 3 – Biometric Collection on Entry at All Remaining Land Ports (continuation of Increment 2B)  Increment 2C – Radio Frequency (RF) Enabled Technology at Selected Ports on Entry and Exit

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 7 7 Implementation Requirements Increment 1 – 01/05/2004 Increment 2A – 10/26/04 (US Docs) Increment 2B – 12/31/04 Increment 3 – 12/31/05 End Vision – TBD Increment 2C – TBD

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 8 8 What Has Changed?  Increment 2C – Entry/Exit RF operations to be piloted at a selected number of ports by Jun ’05  Depending on results of the pilot test, additional ports will be considered for RF entry/exit implementation  DHS Screening Initiative  DHS Center of Excellence for Biometrics

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 9 9 Key Dates May 28, 2004  Prime Integrator contract awarded June 4, 2004  US-VISIT Office completes majority of consolidation to permanent location September 30, 2004  US-VISIT procedures were expanded to include visitors traveling to the U.S. under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) arriving at air and sea ports of entry October 26, 2005  Increment 2A implementation deadline December 31, 2004  US-VISIT entry capability installed at 50 highest volume Land Ports of Entry June 1, 2005  Implement pilot test of RF Technology at selected ports of entry December 31, 2005  Extend Increment 2B functionality to all remaining land ports of entry

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 10 Increment 2B – Entry Capability at the 50 Highest Volume Land Ports of Entry

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 11 Increment 2B - Detail  50 Highest Volume Land Ports of Entry  To Be Completed by 12/31/04  Same Functionality as Airports and Seaports (Increment 1)  Only Affects Secondary Processing Areas  No expected increase in referrals to secondary

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The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 13 Increment 2B – Top 50 LPOEs RankingPort NameStateLanes Inbound 1San YsidroCA24 2Lincoln-Juarez BridgeTX12 3Calexico WestCA10 4HidalgoTX12 5Paso Del Norte TX9 6Otay Mesa CA20 7Gateway to the Americas,TX4 8.1Queenston- Lewiston Bridge NY10 8.2Whirlpool Bridge NY4 8.3Rainbow Bridge NY19 9San Luis AZ8 10Nogales East AZ8

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 14 Increment 2B – Top 50 LPOEs RankingPort NameStateLanes Inbound 11 Bridge of the Americas TX16 12 YsletaTX DouglasAZ 8 14 Brownsville-GatewayTX5 15 Calexico East CA Detroit Ambassador Bridge MI Peace BridgeNY15 18 Detroit TunnelMI Pharr TX 8 20 Del Rio International Bridge TX6 21 Brownsville and Matamoros TX4

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 15 Increment 2B – Top 50 LPOEs RankingPort NameStateLanes Inbound 22Eagle Pass IITX8 23Port Huron Blue Water BridgeMI15 24Veterans International BridgeTX8 25ProgresoTX6 26Eagle Pass ITX5 27Sault Ste. MarieMI5 28Nogales West (Mariposa)AZ7 29AndradeCA3 30RomaTX5 31Pacific HighwayWA9 32Peace ArchWA7 33ChamplainNY10

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 16 Increment 2B – Top 50 LPOEs RankingPort NameStateLanes Inbound 34Los Indios Free Trade BridgeTX8 35TecateCA3 36Rio Grande CityTX5 37MassenaNY5 38Ferry PointME3 39Thousand IslandsNY8 40International FallsMN4 41PresidioTX6 42SumasWA5 43Colombia-Solidarity BridgeTX12

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 17 Increment 2B – Top 50 LPOEs RankingPort NameStateLanes Inbound 44LukevilleAZ4 45Derby LineVT5 46Point RobertsWA4 47FabensTX2 48LyndenWA7 49World Trade BridgeTX8 50 SantaTeresaNM3

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The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 21 Increment 3 – Entry Capability at Remaining Ports of Entry

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 22 Increment 3: Land Deployment

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 23 Increment 2C – Entry and Exit RF Technology Capability at Selected Land Ports of Entry

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 24 Increment 2C – RF Technology  The first time a traveler is processed in US VISIT, they will be issued a unique automatic ID (a-ID), which is an RF tag.  This tag would be attached to a travel document at that time  Upon exit from the country at an RF enabled port, the a-ID would be passively and remotely read to register the exit of that tag.  Upon re-entry to the country at an RF enable port, the a-ID will be read prior to entering the primary inspection booth area, so that traveler information can be made available to the inspector as the traveler approaches

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 25 Increment 2C – RF Technology

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 26 Increment 2C – RF Technology

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 27 Environmental  US VISIT has been, and will be, in full compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).  Documentation completed successfully for the Airport and Seaport implementation  Department of Homeland Security Environmental regulations are in the process of being finalized  A number of strategies are available to US VISIT to ensure compliance

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 28 Ongoing Land Planning Activities  Coordination with State DOTs  Coordination with Historic Preservation Officers  Historical & Archaeological Field Surveys  Legal Boundary Surveys  Space Utilization Surveys  Feasibility Studies

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 29 What will occur in 2005  Entry capability to 50 busiest land POEs to be completed by beginning of 2005  Pilot Exit implementation at selected ports by June 1, 2005  Biometric enrollments reduced at POEs as the biometric capture/process is increased at overseas Consular Offices  DHS continues to perform biometric identity verification for travelers with biometric visas (one-to-one)  DHS continues checking inkless finger scans against a database of criminal and terrorist watch lists (one-to-few)

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 30 Current Challenges and Issues  Public perception  Privacy issues  Number of stakeholders  Preventing impact to wait times  Aggressive deadlines

The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology 31 Homeland Security