Border Patrol’s monitoring of US drivers raises privacy concerns
The U.S. Border Patrol has quietly built a nationwide vehicle tracking system that functions much like location surveillance but without…
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DHS finalizes rule expanding biometric entry/exit to foreign visitors
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued its final rule mandating facial recognition scans for virtually all non-U.S. citizens…
Rapid expansion of DHS’s citizenship database raises new election concerns
Over the past month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has quietly transformed the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE)…
DHS has turned college football games into surveillance test beds
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has quietly turned college football into test beds for a federated surveillance stack built…
Democratic states face scrutiny over quiet DMV access by ICE
For years, many Democratic led states have touted themselves as sanctuaries for immigrants, promising not to assist federal deportation efforts…
General Dynamics wins new OBIM support contract
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) a $36 million contract to continue supporting…
CBP expands mobile facial recognition to local police through new app
On Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) quietly rolled out a new mobile face-scanning app called Mobile Identify for…
Senators demand ICE halt use of Mobile Fortify app amid growing privacy concerns
For the second time, Senator Edward J. Markey – now joined by three other senators – wrote Monday to Immigration…
USCIS seeks to revive, broaden biometric data collection for immigrants
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today published a sweeping new proposed rule that…
Trump administration expands facial recognition while erasing oversight policy
The Trump administration quietly erased a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy on facial recognition from its public website while…
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