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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 789682" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2010/dec/trusted-traveler-program-lets-mexicans-skip-airport-security" target="_blank">http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2010/dec/trusted-traveler-program-lets-mexicans-skip-airport-security</a>As violent drug cartels take over Mexico and expand their criminal enterprises north, the United&nbsp;&nbsp; States&nbsp; has signed a “trusted traveler” agreement that allows pre-screened&nbsp; Mexican airline passengers to bypass lengthy airport security&nbsp; checkpoints.The foreigners will&nbsp; get “trusted traveler cards” with fingerprints and other biometric data&nbsp; and they must answer customs declarations questions on touch-screen&nbsp; kiosks before leaving airport inspection areas. Homeland Security&nbsp; Secretary Janet Napolitano claims it’s a way to enhance information&nbsp; sharing and mutual security in the face of “ever-evolving, multinational threats.”About 84 million Mexicans are expected to qualify for the trusted traveler program, according to Mexico’s Interior Ministry Secretary, who signed the agreement on behalf of his country this week.While Napolitano was in Mexico finalizing&nbsp; the trusted traveler agreement this week, she also took the opportunity&nbsp; to sign a “letter of intent” to develop a plan for protecting&nbsp; immigrants from criminal attacks as they cross the border—illegally—into&nbsp; the U.S. Mexican officials have long complained that American law&nbsp; enforcement officers stand by as illegal immigrants are robbed, killed&nbsp; or violently beaten. Napolitano has committed to reducing the risk to&nbsp; life and security of migrants</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 789682, member: 12952"] [url]http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2010/dec/trusted-traveler-program-lets-mexicans-skip-airport-security[/url] As violent drug cartels take over Mexico and expand their criminal enterprises north, the United States has signed a “trusted traveler” agreement that allows pre-screened Mexican airline passengers to bypass lengthy airport security checkpoints. The foreigners will get “trusted traveler cards” with fingerprints and other biometric data and they must answer customs declarations questions on touch-screen kiosks before leaving airport inspection areas. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano claims it’s a way to enhance information sharing and mutual security in the face of “ever-evolving, multinational threats.” About 84 million Mexicans are expected to qualify for the trusted traveler program, according to Mexico’s Interior Ministry Secretary, who signed the agreement on behalf of his country this week. While Napolitano was in Mexico finalizing the trusted traveler agreement this week, she also took the opportunity to sign a “letter of intent” to develop a plan for protecting immigrants from criminal attacks as they cross the border—illegally—into the U.S. Mexican officials have long complained that American law enforcement officers stand by as illegal immigrants are robbed, killed or violently beaten. Napolitano has committed to reducing the risk to life and security of migrants [/QUOTE]

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