The changing face of philadelphia

摘要

Between January and the middle of March this year, Philadelphia International Airport evaluated biometric facial recognition systems supplied by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), NEC and SITA at three international gates. The photos taken of passengers before boarding their flights were compared with images stored in government databases, removing the need for manual checking on passports, In 1996 the United States signed into law the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. However, it was only fully implemented when President Donald Trump signed an executive order for the programme to be fully rolled out by October 2021.