| There is a bit of debate on the use of Radio | | | | RFID tags would not only be used to prevent the |
| Frequency Identification Tags to be used on humans | | | | legal and illegals from coming into the country but also |
| or to be used to stop the illegal aliens from crossing | | | | be used to stop human trafficking and drugs. There |
| us borders. One of the ideas to use RFID tags, which | | | | are over seven million cargo containers that come |
| would be to use them in combination with biometric | | | | into our country each year and we cannot check all |
| cards that each person coming over the border to | | | | of them, but with RFID tags we could. Recently we |
| visit would have to carry with them at all times. | | | | have set up special scanning machines to look inside |
| Perhaps you didn't know but there are 23 million | | | | these cargo containers, but sometimes that is not |
| visitors that come to the United States each year | | | | even enough. |
| and that number is growing. There are 15 million | | | | Some security authorities in the Department of |
| visitors coming from Mexico and Canada each and | | | | Homeland Security had suggested that perhaps these |
| every year and the authorities want to know who is | | | | RFID tags would help us track each person coming |
| coming into our country and why. They also want to | | | | into our country. But immigration law professors, as |
| make sure that those people who have VISAs or | | | | well as constitutional lawyers think this scheme is just |
| passes do not overstay their visits, and if they do | | | | too much. So, that's the latest in immigration law and |
| they want them to check back and in re-sign-up to | | | | the world of RFID Tags. Please think on this. |
| extend their visit. | | | | |