US cracks down on visa security

All visitors travelling to the US on visas are to be fingerprinted and photographed from next year in an attempt stop terrorists entering the country.

All visitors travelling to the US on visas are to be fingerprinted and photographed from next year in an attempt stop terrorists entering the country.

The high tech border security system could have prevented two of the September 11 hijackers, said Homeland Security Department under-secretary Asa Hutchinson.

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