Kennedy Airport’s Customs and Border Protection officers now have an extra tool

— facial comparison technology that will be used to help verify that travelers entering the United States are who their passports say they are.

In a news conference Tuesday at Terminal 4, Customs Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske said the facial recognition technology at the airport will only apply to U.S. citizens with e-passports and Visa Waiver Program travelers during its initial deployment. The technology at the airport, which customs officials said is the first in the country to pilot it, compares picture of the traveler taken during the inspection process with the photo stored on the traveler’s e-passport and uses a number-based rating scale to let the officer know whether the traveler in front of them matches the image of the person in the passport.

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