Europeans, Others Face Tighter U.S. Entry Checks
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All visitors from Europe and  elsewhere were fingerprinted and photographed upon arrival at  U.S. airports on Thursday as part of a new, heightened effort  by authorities to secure American borders.
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The European Union is set to yield to U.S. demands to give law enforcement agencies easier access to transatlantic air passenger data to clinch a deal by the end of the week, EU diplomats said on Wednesday.
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Visitors from Europe and elsewhere who  don't need visas for short trips to the United States were  fingerprinted and photographed on arrival at U.S. airports on  Thursday as part of an expanded effort to secure American  borders.
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There is deep concern about the possibility of a terrorist attack in the United States this year because al Qaeda may be recruiting and giving explosives training to Europeans, many of whom can enter the country without a visa, the director of national intelligence told Congress.
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More tourists are coming to the  United States from overseas, but tough new immigration  requirements could cause delays and add to the impression of  "fortress America," a travel industry group said on Wednesday.
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The government will temporarily relax rules requiring passports for U.S. citizens traveling by air to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean because of a huge processing backlog, officials said on Friday.
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The revised checkpoint rules announced last week by American, Canadian and European authorities for airports were the result of extensive testing, officials said.
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Lawmakers are trying to handle a sensitive issue in relations with European countries by expanding a program that allows their citizens to travel to the United States without visas.
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US administration presses 27 governments of the EU to sign up to new security measures for transatlantic travel
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Most U.S. visitors are not fully screened for terrorist or criminal ties, according to a Justice Department watchdog. The reason: Bush administration agency infighting over such things as how many fingers to print.
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The US authorities have access to 34 pieces of information on every passenger travelling from the European Union.
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Foreigners entering the United States in three cities were fingerprinted, photographed and subjected to background checks Monday in a test of a program that will eventually be extended to every land border crossing nationwide.
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The European Union and the United States on Wednesday struck two deals designed to ensure U.S. access to private and bank data in its war against terrorism while trying to allay European privacy concerns.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States is about to impose new security regulations on international travelers just as the country is experiencing its first increase in such visitors since the Sept. 11 attacks.
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HELSINKI, Finland - United States embassies in northern Europe said they have received âthreat informationâ and urged Americans living in the Nordic and Baltic regions to be cautious.
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Stringent US visa procedures are getting American companies increasingly worried over business losses to competitors from Asia and Europe, despite government assurances that the situation is under control.
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BRUSSELS (SwissInfo) - The European Union's top justice official has proposed tougher anti-terror measures, including gathering data from airline passengers flying into the 27-nation union. But EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini said to avoid any "security loopholes" in the event of the measures coming into force in 2010, he would like non-EU member Switzerland and other Schengen states to agree to his plan. The most controversial of the Italian's plans - which would have to be approved by EU governments - calls for EU nations to adopt EU-wide airline security measures similar to those used by the United States, storing a long list of passenger data that would be retained for 13 years. Only those passengers flying into or out of the EU would be affected - those flying inside the EU would not. As Switzerland is not in the EU, passengers flying into and out of Switzerland would have their data collected.  Currently, only three EU states - Britain, Denmark and France - have rules to collect and use Passenger Name Record (PNR) data, but their national systems vary substantially.