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Santo Domingo.- Immigration director Sigfrido Pared today Friday announced the implementation of a system to digitally obtain fingerprints for the identification  of passengers with their photo and prevent the escape of fugitives.

He said the system will be operational in all Dominican airports, with the support of the Electoral Board and the Passports Agency.

The official said the digital fingerprints and photos with modern cameras already installed yesterday would determine if the identity of the person who approaches the Immigration check is the one authenticated by their documents. “With the implementation of this system we complete a cycle that we had sought for a long time and also places us at the level of other nations.”

The Immigration Director said the goal is to totally control the entry and exit  of Dominicans and foreigners by 20ll and prevent the use of forged documents by criminals to evade persecution.

Pared said the new system to be installed in all terminals, ports and border crossings will be first implemented with Dominicans. “With this new system there will be stricter migratory controls and we will also keep people who have broken the law and get fake documents from leaving the national territory.”

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Written by: old_school_trinitario, 3 Sep 2010 1:48 PM
From: Dominican Republic, San Carlos, barrio de matatanes, aqui no invente


they should set one up by the border and start collecting finger prints overthere



Written by: shelinoF, 3 Sep 2010 2:04 PM
From: Turks and Caicos Islands
@old_school_trinitario I agree with you on that one. that will be very useful identifying who is entering the country.
Written by: xwill7, 3 Sep 2010 2:54 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
They are upside down... Why secure the airport so much when the border is wide open... Im tired of this stuff, DR will always be 3rd world unless someone grows a pair
Written by: VeronicaDR, 3 Sep 2010 4:49 PM
From: United States
Everything in this country is all talk and no action.The biggest criminals are those connected to the military, police, and government. Any mechanism put into place will easily be defeated by those people since there is never any enforcement of the law for those people. Anyone operating technology used to detect illegal drugs, immigration, etc are simply paid off. Until the corruption problems are dealt with nothing is going to work.

Written by: Juansantodomingo, 3 Sep 2010 5:10 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Veronica, you hit the nail on the head. That is the gaping hole in the whole program. It would work best if the checking was automated by a robotic machine that would register the event at several sites, possibly even some foreign agencies, to minimize collusion.
Written by: Hispaniola, 3 Sep 2010 6:49 PM
From: United States, NYC
*reposting

As a 23 year old I have always noticed the demographic changes when I would visit la Isla annually throughout my childhood. The sad case is that we are being out-breeded. Both countries holding about ten million citizens on each side on a island with a limited number of resources. Please take into consideration that does not include the illegal Haitian immigrants that are currently in the Republic.

My brothers and sisters this is not about purifying but perserving.

Some of you can look in the mirror right now and ask yourselves
do you want to live in such land? Where your daughters are no
longer safe? Where law has no order? Everything behind metal
bars? More sexual deviance introduced into our youth culture?

Stand up Dominican brother!
The time has come.


^ your future Dominican MAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEGlVs5cGHo
Written by: Ricardolito, 3 Sep 2010 7:54 PM
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
No tourist likes these measures as are in place in the USA and I think we will find that they respond very quickly ,,,the only good thing is that the machines will probably break soon and be unable to be fixed
Written by: Blutarsky This user is banned, 4 Sep 2010 7:24 AM
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
whoever the immigration official was who allowed abc to enter the DR .......should be flogged in public as an example ....for dereliction of duties
Written by: Ricardolito, 4 Sep 2010 4:33 PM
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
the more one thinks about this , the more silly it will be if it includes tourists ..tourism is way down in the USA and it is because of the hassles at the airports ,,passengers will always tell you how much they hate getting off in the USA because of the delays and the fingerprints and the mug shots ,I am sure the proposed measures at the airport in the DR are absolutely out of all proportion to the needs ,,,maybe 3 or 4 people get through the existing net out of the hundreds of thousands of travelers but it is not worth all the proposed hassles .
Written by: Vivacuba, 5 Sep 2010 10:54 AM
From: Dominican Republic
51st state. Enjoy.
Written by: WalterPolo, 5 Sep 2010 11:47 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
They´ll need a helluva lot of HD space when they implement this thing along the Haitian border.
Written by: dolo1, 5 Sep 2010 8:49 PM
From: United States
You guys dont get it do you.

This has nothing to do with tracking "criminals" and everything to do with creating the beginnings of police state - where all are tracked all the time - eventually the ability to travel will be severely restricted.

This is about restricting the freedoms of all of us and nothing to do with protecting anyone - the "we are protecting you" line is always a ruse.

so know we'll all be fingerprinted like criminals..... - stupid sheeple !!!
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