WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is amending its policies to require that all non-citizens — including Canadians — be photographed when entering or leaving the United States.

The new security regulations, posted in the federal register Monday, are set to come into force on Dec. 26, although it could take years to fully implement them.

The department is looking to build a comprehensive biometric data collection through the new policy. It says it will use facial recognition technology to match a traveller's photo with existing passenger information on file with the U.S. government.

The records could be held for up to 75 years.

"In select cases, fingerprints may also need to be collected, but only as required to better establish links to previously collected traveller

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