] Visitors to the United States with visas will be greeted
] with a demand for fingerprints and photographs Monday as
] a government program intended to fight terrorism takes
] effect.
]
] The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says the goal of
] the US VISIT program is to track the millions of people
] who come to the United States every year on business,
] student and tourist visas -- and to use the information
] as a tool against terrorists.
]
] US-VISIT stands for United States Visitor and Immigrant
] Status Indicator Technology.

Don't you just get warm fuzzies all over everytime you are reminded you're living in a police state???

LB

Program to fingerprint U.S. visitors starts - Jan. 4, 2004