coming from DR to PR it is since years prints of all fingers and a smile into the camera.
it never bothered a thing and goes very quick.
if they think it keeps the unwanted crap people out of their countries, thats fine with me.
visitors to the DR will get the same way used to it.
before everybody around the globe knows about such new procedures, i guess during the first time some "visitors" will get a surprise welcome, not awaiting that some fringerprint machine would be available and matching theirs with some stored in a "wanted" database connected, lol.
never realized fingerprint equipment or such in europe, but maybe such is in use for non EU Citizens? i don't know.
arriving there is always a piece of nothing.
you leave the plane, walk to the checkpoint without lines, hand over your passport, scan takes maybe 2-3 seconds, you hear a "have a nice day" and are on your way to collect your luggage or move to the exit if traveling on carry-on only.
since years there is always at least one point on the way where you walk right in front of the nose of a sniffing dog, you don't even have to stop for that.
the equipments are provided by the USA and easy to handle, i don't see where it could be complicated to start their use at any time at airports, ports or even on the haitian border.
that same stuff is available as mobile units, nothing of any special hightech or such, it is easy simple stuff.
i can imagine that in some future every cop unit will carry such device, the same way it is used fro ID checks it can be used to give infos about vehicles(ilike matricula or insurance up to date or not, drivers license expired etc etc).
in an other Decade i can imagine the cops playing with such toys here, but not any sooner.
Mike