Facial Scans Catch ‘Impostors’ at Border as Agencies Embrace Use

Facial recognition technology has helped identify more than 1,000 impostors attempting to enter the U.S. with false documents since 2018, an agency official said.

The “vast majority” of those identified were along the Mexico border over the past year as the technology was deployed at pedestrian crossings.

“It’s hard to overstate just how critical biometrics are to our day-to-day operations,” U.S. Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Troy Miller said at an Atlantic Council event Monday. CBP uses facial recognition technology for international travelers at more than 200 airports and more than 150 pedestrian crossings, he said.

The increasing use ...