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But, so-called “exit controls,” where documents are checked as travelers are leaving the country, were popularized last century by Nazi Germany as a great way t
by gydfi 10y ago
But, so-called “exit controls,” where documents are checked as travelers are leaving the country, were popularized last century by Nazi Germany as a great way to ensure that they could control, round up, and exterminate the Jews and other “undesirables.” It can obviously serve no purpose of keeping terrorists out, because it only affects those who are already in.
Or to put it another way, they're standard in practically every country apart from the US. Because what's the point of issuing someone with a fixed-term visa if you have no record of whether they left at the end of it?
- Glyptodon 10y agoThen why make everybody get scanned (including US persons)? Or am I misunderstanding?
- tsaoutourpants 10y agoComrade, you ask too many questions. Perhaps we need to send you to re-education...
- klipt 10y ago> no record of whether they left at the end of it? There already is a record, it's called the I-94. Used to be a paper thing you handed to the airline when leaving the US, now it's all recorded electronically.
- clubm8 10y agoI think that only applies to air crossings.
- tehwebguy 10y agoSo does the CBP scan being discussed
- gydfi 10y agoI guess this is some kind of trial. My point is that exit records are neither novel, useless, nor in most countries the least bit controversial. Not sure why the US needs to make a big deal out of it with biometric scans instead of the tried-and-true option of a little man in a box stamping your passport.
- irixusr 10y agoHow else are you going to get out of a country surrounded by water? At least w/ Canada there's an agreement for the Canucks to tell CBR that you've left the US (Source: I tried to surrender my i-94 at the US side of the border. The guy told me to give it to Canadians). Not hard to envision another agreement on the Mexican side
- tehwebguy 10y ago> Because what's the point of issuing someone with a fixed-term visa if you have no record of whether they left at the end of it? Well they do have a record, from the flight