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esta .cbp .dhs .gov. The Electronic System for Travel Authorization ( ESTA) is an automated system that determines the eligibility of visitors to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). ESTA was mandated by the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007. [1]
The Container Security Initiative ( CSI) a.k.a. the 24-Hour Rule[not verified in body] was launched in 2002 by the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency of the Department of Homeland Security. [1] Its purpose was to increase security for container cargo shipped to the United States. As the CBP puts it, the intent is to ...
Automated border control systems ( ABC) or eGates are automated self-service barriers which use data stored in a chip in biometric passports along with a photo or fingerprint taken at the time of entering the eGates to verify the passport holder's identity. Travellers undergo biometric verification using facial or iris recognition, fingerprints ...
United States border preclearance is the United States Department of Homeland Security 's (DHS) practice of operating prescreening border control facilities at airports and other ports of departure located outside of the United States pursuant to agreements between the United States and host countries. Travelers are subject to immigration and ...
The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) is a voluntary supply-chain security program led by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) focused on improving the security of private companies' supply chains with respect to terrorism. The program was launched in November 2001 with seven initial participants, all large U.S. companies.
The San Ysidro Port of Entry (aka San Ysidro Land Port of Entry or San Ysidro LPOE) is the largest land border crossing between San Ysidro and Tijuana, and the fourth-busiest land border crossing in the world (second-busiest excluding the crossings between Mainland China and its two Special Administrative Regions) with 70,000 northbound vehicles and 20,000 northbound pedestrians crossing each ...
The Calexico East Port of Entry is a border crossing point between the United States and Mexico. It connects the cities of Calexico, California and Mexicali, Baja California. It connects directly to California State Route 7 . The east crossing was built in 1996 in an effort to divert traffic from the busy Calexico West Port of Entry in downtown ...
The Laredo World Trade Port of Entry is located at the World Trade International Bridge (sometimes referred to as "Bridge IV") in Laredo, Texas. It was built in 2000 in an effort to relieve traffic from the congested downtown Laredo bridges. [1] All of Laredo's cross-border commercial vehicle traffic uses this Port of Entry, as the other Laredo ...