(eTN) – UMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya wase-US (DHS) umemezele namuhla ukuthi usuqalile ukuqoqa izigxivizo zeminwe ezengeziwe ezivakashini zamazwe ngamazwe ezifika e-Boston Logan International Airport (Logan). Lolu shintsho luyingxenye yokuthuthukiswa komnyango kusukela ekuqoqweni kwezigxivizo zeminwe ezimbili kuya kweziyi-10 ukuze kuthuthukiswe ezokuphepha futhi kube lula ukuhamba okusemthethweni ngokusungula nokuqinisekisa ubunikazi bezivakashi.
"I-Biometrics iguqule ikhono lethu lokuvimbela abantu abayingozi ukuthi bangene e-United States kusukela ngo-2004. Ukuthuthukiswa kwethu ekuqoqweni kwezigxivizo zeminwe ezingu-10 kwakha empumelelweni yethu, okusenza sikwazi ukugxila kakhulu ekumiseni izingozi zokuphepha ezingaba khona," kusho uMqondisi we-US-VISIT uRobert Mocny. .
Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kwemine, izikhulu zenxusa loMnyango Wezwe WaseMelika (DOS) kanye nezikhulu zase-US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) beziqoqa i-biometrics - izigxivizo zeminwe zedijithali nesithombe - kuzo zonke izakhamizi ezingezona ezaseMelika eziphakathi kweminyaka eyi-14 nengama-79, ngaphandle kokunye, lapho befaka izicelo zama-visa noma befika emachwebeni okungena e-US.
“Kalula nje, lolu shintsho lunikeza izikhulu zethu umbono onembe kakhudlwana wokuthi ubani ophambi kwazo. Ezivakashini ezisemthethweni, inqubo iba yimpumelelo futhi ubunikazi bazo buvikelwe kangcono ekwebiweni. Kulabo abangase babe sengozini, sizoba nokuqonda okwengeziwe ngokuthi bangobani,” wanezela uMnu. Paul Morris, uMqondisi Omkhulu Wezimfuneko Zokuvuma kanye Nokulawulwa Kokufuduka, Ihhovisi Lokusebenza Kwezinkundla, I-US Customs and Border Protection.
Uhlelo lomnyango lwe-US-VISIT okwamanje luhlola izigxivizo zeminwe zesivakashi ngokumelene namarekhodi e-DHS abephula umthetho wokuthuthela kwelinye izwe kanye namarekhodi e-Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) ezigebengu namaphekula aziwayo noma asolwayo. Ukuhlola i-biometrics ngokumelene nohlu lokubuka kusiza izikhulu zenze izinqumo ze-visa nezinqumo zokuvunyelwa. Ukuqoqa izigxivizo zeminwe eziyi-10 futhi kuthuthukisa ukunemba kokufanisa izigxivizo zeminwe kanye nekhono lomnyango lokuqhathanisa izigxivizo zeminwe zesivakashi nezicashile eziqoqwe uMnyango Wezokuvikela (DOD) kanye ne-FBI kubashokobezi abaziwayo nabangaziwa emhlabeni wonke. Ukwengeza, izigxivizo zeminwe zezivakashi ziyahlolwa ngokuqhathaniswa nefayela eliyinhloko le-FBI Lobugebengu.
Ngosuku olumaphakathi e-Logan, cishe izivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe ezingu-2,000 ziqedela izinqubo ze-biometric ze-US-VISIT. Izivakashi ezivela e-United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany nase-France zihlanganisa izinombolo ezinkulu zezivakashi zamazwe ngamazwe ezifika e-Logan.
I-Logan iyichweba elilandelayo lokungena elizoqala ukuqoqa izigxivizo zeminwe eziyi-10 kubavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe. I-Washington Dulles International Airport yaqala ukuqoqwa kwezigxivizo zeminwe eziyi-10 ngoNovemba 29, 2007, futhi Isikhumulo Sezindiza sase-Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta saqala ukuqoqwa kwezigxivizo zeminwe eziyi-10 ngoJanuwari 6, 2008. Amanye amachweba okungena ayisikhombisa maduzane azoqala ukuqoqa izigxivizo zeminwe ezengeziwe. Amachweba alandelayo ahleliwe yilawa: Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe SaseChicago O'Hare; Isikhumulo Sezindiza Samazwe Ngamazwe SaseSan Francisco; George Bush Houston Intercontinental Airport; I-Miami International Airport; Isikhumulo sezindiza saseDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County; Orlando International Airport; kanye ne-John F. Kennedy International Airport yaseNew York. Amachweba omoya, ulwandle kanye nasemhlabeni asele azoshintshela ekuqoqeni izigxivizo zeminwe eziyi-10 ekupheleni kuka-2008.
