Challenges of the mandate
The mandate for US Entry/Exit was established following recommendations by the 9/11 Commission[2]. Entry and the introduction of dedicated Federal Inspection Services (FIS) facilities were easily achieved. However, implementing a solution for US Exit has proven more difficult. In the US, international air traffic is less than 20% of all flights operated and closer to 5% in the early stages of pandemic recovery. Most US airports were built more than 40 years ago, well before security-based screening was considered. As a result, US airports do not tend to have an exit immigration process like in many other countries. Airport terminals often operate with a mixture of domestic and international flights. Over the years, trials of US Exit solutions would have required CBP officers to be stationed at boarding gates, manually managing the process, causing bottlenecks and leading to potential flight delays and other adverse operational…
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