The newest technology in the U.S. government\u2019s effort to improve border security \u2013 radio frequency identification devices, or RFID \u2013 is being testing with a pilot program at a border crossing in El Paso, Texas.<\/p>\n
The 90-day program allows travelers who have approved RFID documents to cross the El Paso\/Mexico border through two special RFID-only lanes. Officials say that traveling across a border with RFID documents is faster and more efficient than traveling with traditional documentation. The estimate is that wait times are approximately 25 percent shorter with RFID.<\/p>\n
Travelers passing through one of the new lanes must first hold their RFID documents up near the windows of the vehicle on the driver\u2019s side. A machine scans the microchips inside of them and transmits the information \u2013 which includes the driver\u2019s name, age, sex and address \u2013 to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer in a booth. The process is significantly quicker (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The newest technology in the U.S. government\u2019s effort to improve border security \u2013 radio frequency identification devices, or RFID \u2013 is being testing with a pilot program at a border crossing in El Paso, Texas. The 90-day program allows travelers…<\/span><\/p>\n