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DHS, CBSA Begin Phase I of 'Beyond the Border' Entry/Exit Program

The Department of Homeland Security and the Canada Border Services Agency began Phase I pilot of the Entry/Exit program, effective Sept. 30, as outlined in the Beyond the Border Action Plan, said CBP in a press release. Routine biographic information…

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will be collected through Jan. 31, 2013. Beginning Oct. 15, both agencies will begin exchanging this information to record entry into one country so that it becomes a record of exit from the other country, said CBP. The pilot will not affect regular port operations in any way, the agency said.