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Upvoted because I don't see why you should be downvoted for expressing an opinion, people should engage you via the comments instead. I see your point, but I di
by mikecsh 13y ago
Upvoted because I don't see why you should be downvoted for expressing an opinion, people should engage you via the comments instead. I see your point, but I disagree with the wholesale collection of fingerprints.
- DanBC 13y agoI'm guessing he was downvoted for the weirdness: Fingerprinting people flying into New York airports on holiday does nothing to prevent people illegally crossing the Mexican / American border.
- Ntrails 13y agoMost illegal immigrants enter the UK conventionally and then do not leave when visas expire. There are certainly some hiding in the back of lorries etc - but it's not the majority. So fingerprinting them means for sure that we know they came in. I'm not sure what that achieves though?
- rjsw 13y agoIt would remove the current Catch-22 situation where they can be shown to be here illegally but can't be deported due to lack of a passport indicating their country of origin. I don't know whether the problem is big enough to warrant this step though.
- gadders 13y agoNo, but it would prevent people giving false information when suspected of overstaying their visa. It would also enable people to be identifed if they try and make several attempts to enter the UK via different methods. EG once legitimately, and once caught under a lorry.