Trump administration accused of creating illegal citizenship database
A coalition led by the League of Women Voters filed a class action lawsuit this week in the U.S. District…
Articles By Anthony Kimery
Anthony Kimery is the former Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Homeland Security Today. He managed the magazine, daily online news operations and wrote the award-winning "Kimery Report," which covered a broad spectrum of HS-related issues, from public health preparedness to intelligence collection. He has 30-plus years of broad institutional knowledge and expertise in homeland/national security matters and issues as an editor, analyst, and consultant. He also serves as Advisory Board Member of Mississippi College’s Center for Counterterrorism Studies.
Breach of FEMA, CBP deepens concerns over national security vulnerabilities
When the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed that a breach in July exposed data from the Federal Emergency Management…
CBP biometric exit blurs lines between convenience and surveillance
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) biometric exit program has matured into a hybrid system that pairs airline-installed cameras at…
New Orleans crime camera network limits police over video release policy
Project NOLA, the nonprofit at the center of New Orleans’ surveillance debates, has moved to curtail police access to its…
Sole source contract to Bi2 expands ICE’s use of biometric surveillance
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is moving to fold iris recognition into everyday enforcement, announcing plans to buy access…
Senate report warns of DOGE’s sweeping violations of privacy safeguards
When Senator Gary Peters, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the report of the…
Trump’s second term drives a biometric spending boom on the border
When Donald Trump returned to the presidency in January, it was clear from the start that immigration enforcement would again…
CBP fails to protect data on tens of thousands of mobile devices
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) vast fleet of government smartphones and tablets suffer from basic security failures that has…
Genetic privacy erodes as millions of DNA profiles are entered into US database
In May 2024, researchers at Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology released a sprawling report on how the Department…
Palantir, ICE, and the quiet expansion of a biometric dragnet
The collection and analysis of personal data have long been central to the operations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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