Travelling has become such a pain in the ass......i was in san framcisco ...(november 2025 ......seemed like yesterday!!!!!....no really )..... ...(good sour dough bread ).....too many fentanyl fuckers hanging around doing nothing!!!!!! ......listen ........ why do drug barons not make a drug that will make people productive..... nice...... helpful..... and shit....... and stuff ...instead of lying around the fucking pavement !!!!!!......... help old ladies ........ push their carts ........ instead of being folded over like a cheap old suit !..... or bag ! ......or luggage or whatever .......oh shit !.......fuck my old boots.!...... they do!....... have a drug that does that......... it's called cocaine!....... shit ! ......yep ! ......that's right ....... that is the drug that helps wall street ....... fuck average poeple out of their 401 k and rob old people ...... and fuck whores on yachts ...... and help out corporate raiders ....... fuck everyone on wall street !!!!! ....silly me FFS!!!..... ......and molly ...... of course ...... the never ending club drug ......... the huggy....... feely...... touch ...... drug....... that could turn you into a rug muncher ........fence jumper..... by accident .....seen it in miami done ......they love that shit there in party central .......however ......i have strayed off the topic in hand .......travel ......yes i went to san Francisco............ and it went smooth as peanut butter ...... or margarine...... or whipped cream ...... or whatever !!!!!! ............i am at a point in life .......... thinking it is just a matter of time ......... before they just dump a chip in your fat fucking arse .......well not in your arse ........ philosophically speaking ......... i am using that as a terminology ........or proportions ........ it will probably be in the back of your hand ..... ....i mean after....... all who wants to go to an airport ...... and see a big fat bitch ....... pull down her drawers ...... for some skittles ........ huh !!!!!!.....no fucking me matey .....yes that is an extreme thought but we are getting close ......... and if you want to fly they rule the sky (that s my haiku for today )........if you do not know what haiku is ...... then fuck off out here ...... do not let the door hit you in the shit spilt ........ i got to clean it fucker ...............however my point being if you are not daing anything wrong don't worry ......this next part will be solely for scot's who will get it....... some others might .....but usually scots !!!!!!! ......in closing...... i did say....... if you are doing nothing wrong ...... you do not need to worry !!!!!! .....unless you are a budgie smuggler .......(for scots only and some degenerates ).......especially if you travel a lot .....!!!!!!!!!!.........
Face scans are replacing passports at U.S. airports. Here's who can — and can't — opt out.
U.S. citizens still have a choice. As of December, most other travelers do not.
"IDs out, please." You've heard it at every U.S. airport after an international flight for as long as you've been flying. Soon, you may not. Get ready to be camera-ready when you get off an international flight.
In an interview with the Washington Examiner published this week, Diane Sabatino, CBP's executive assistant commissioner for field operations, described a future of international travel that does not include reaching for a piece of plastic in your pocket. In some cities, she said, it's already here.
"In a few years … people with Global Entry are going to be walking through at all of our airports, unless a CBP officer wants to speak to that traveler," Sabatino told the Examiner.
Facial recognition for arriving international passengers is available at 238 U.S. airports. A faster version for U.S. citizens, called Enhanced Passenger Processing, is in 33. A third program, Seamless Border Entry, clears pre-approved Global Entry members through in under three seconds at seven airports without the traveler stopping at all.
Whether you have a choice depends on your citizenship.
Can U.S. citizens opt out?
Yes. American citizens can still ask for a manual check by a CBP officer. Anyone using an EPP kiosk who doesn't want their photo taken can alert an officer and be changed to the regular line, according to CBP.
Sabatino has repeatedly said the process is optional for U.S. citizens.
Can foreign visitors opt out?
Not anymore. A federal rule that took effect Dec. 26 requires biometric identity checks for all non-U.S. citizens entering or leaving the country by air, land or sea, Nextgov reported.
That is a change from the previous rule, which exempted children under 17 and adults over 79. Both groups will now have to submit to face scans or fingerprints on arrival and departure.
What does CBP do with the images?
The photo taken is instantly crosschecked against a government database of existing passport, visa or travel document images, according to CBP. CBP has said the match is more than 98% accurate.
Since June 2017, about 848 million people have gone through the process, per figures Sabatino has cited. More than 529,000 people who overstayed their visas have been identified using the technology.
When does every airport get the fully touchless version?
CBP says it will take three to five years to bring biometric entry and exit to every airport, seaport and land crossing. Some of the newer touchless technology, including the "corridors" that let travelers walk past cameras without stopping, is being tested at Orlando International Airport. Airlines and airports pay for the biometric exit equipment, which is part of why the rollout has been scattered.
A new baggage-screening system that lets CBP officers review checked bags remotely while a flight is still in the air will launch at JFK's new Terminal One in 2027, according to the Washington Examiner report.
Face scans at the border aren't new
Congress ordered a biometric entry-exit system in 1996 and accelerated it after Sept. 11, 2001. It has taken more than two decades to build. Last year's federal budget package added new funding to speed up deployment.
