Pending the results of the study, the immigration service will install biometric technologies, like fingerprint scanners and facial recognition software, at all 300 border entry points within the next few years.
The agreement, stitched together in last-ditch talks overnight, also includes extra cash for better screening at border entry points, humanitarian aid sought by Democrats and additional customs officers.
It added: "Liability for upfront import VAT will create additional cashflow burdens for companies, as well as additional processing time at ports and border entry points attached to the customs process.
At least 40 people, including children and several police, have died in violent demonstrations that began in August and escalated last month when protesters blocked the border entry points between Nepal and India, cutting off vital supplies, including petrol and cooking gas, to the landlocked country.
It's probable that most of those 17,000 criminals (a figure that hasn't been finalized), who were apprehended at the border with Mexico, were also caught when entering at designated border entry points, I was told, though a specific breakdown wasn't available.
The UK Independence Party UKIP is calling for separate immigration queues for UK citizens at border entry points.
From the removal of AK-toting guards at border entry points to the you've-gotta-see-it-to-believe-it creation and regentrification of buildings, infrastructure and entire cities on a massive scale, the rate of forward progress is amazing.
Nearly 6,000 Marines and Army soldiers are assisting the Border Patrol in Texas, Arizona and California by strengthening defenses and building temporary encampments near dozens of border entry points.
They briefed reporters and planned to head to Capitol Hill later today in an apparent effort to smooth relations after reports that lawmakers and other stakeholders were left out of the crafting of the executive order on toughened vetting at border entry points.
