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 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.