These 1,000 drives and software systems will be deployed to air, land, and sea ports of entry around the United States. They will enable the DHS to read the encoded data on more than 13 million Permanent Resident Cards and Border Crossing Cards previously manufactured by Drexler Technology and issued by the U.S. government since 1998. A DHS report to a Senate subcommittee by the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security states, „“A recent pilot program which ran for three weeks at six locations shows the value of a Biometrics Verification System. More than 250 impostors were detected.” frank.hensler@lasercardeurope.com www.lasercardeurope.com www.drexlertechnology.com