Canadians do not require a visa and thus would seem to be exempt, although I did not see this specifically spelled out anywhere and interestingly Canada is not included in the list of exempt countries in the CNN link you are posting. However, the program for the moment is in airports only. Mexicans do require visas but if arriving my car bus or foot will not be fingerprinted. Yet. Possibly due to sheer volume, say I, having had a good look at the Juarez border crossing once...Also perhaps due to sheer volume, exit data are not currently being gathered, so we will have lots and lots of data about visitors and no information about whether they are still in the US.
Dana
Dana
> The only exceptions to the program will be visitors from 28 countries
> � mostly
> European nations whose citizens are allowed to come to the United
> States for up
> to 90 days without visas.
> All 115 US airports that handle international flights and 14 major
> seaports are
> covered by the program, under which customs officials can instantly
> check an
> immigrant or visitor's criminal background.
>
> http://customwire.ap.
org/dynami> c/stories/A/AIRPORT_SECURITY?SITE=TXSAE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3367893.stm
> http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040105_346.html
> http://msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3875747&p1=0
> http://www.foxnews.com/
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/04/visit.program/index.html
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