ICE withdraws $125M sole-source Thomson Reuters surveillance data deal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has withdrawn plans to award Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) a five-year, $125 million…
Border and Port Security
Biometric access control systems used at airports and national or regional boundaries to track and manage the flow of humans, and the databases and documents that support them, make up border and port security. Includes national and immigration registries, ePassports and smart card systems, automated border control (ABC) kiosks, and apps for data sharing among other products and services.
CBP expands multimodal biometrics with new palm, iris and face equipment buy
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is preparing to acquire hundreds of palm, iris and facial biometric devices, continuing its…
HHS plans nationwide biometric sponsor vetting network linked to Palantir
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning a nationwide biometric identity vetting network for people seeking…
DHS surveillance spending tops $2.9B as domestic enforcement architecture expands
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has recorded more than $2.9 billion in contract obligations since January 2021 for technologies…
State Department broadens Guatemala biometric system procurement
The U.S. Department of State has reopened its competition to build Guatemala’s national migration biometric system after substantially expanding the…
Xperix partners with Alyam to pursue Saudi government biometrics
South Korean biometrics provider Xperix has signed an exclusive memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia’s Alyam Technical Trading Co. to…
EES faces more operational constraints at checkpoints
The biometric Entry/Exit System (EES) which is live at several airports across the Schengen zone is said to be facing…
Immigration enforcement drives surge in FBI DNA database
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may have added nearly 920,000 DNA profiles to the FBI’s national criminal database in…
Everyday applications for French digital ID expand to bag checks, flight boarding
EU Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallets are gradually becoming more useful. France’s national digital ID can now be used as legal…
From phrenology to performance data, UK immigration age estimation debate intensifies
Advocacy groups are attacking the use of biometric facial age estimation as evidence in evaluations of child status among immigrants…
