San Francisco activists object to SITA’s required biometric data-sharing with DHS
Federal aviation management rules and regional objections to federal policy have set up a clash between privacy and immigration advocates…
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Judge blocks Trump administration bid for driver identity database
A federal judge in Virginia has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from taking custody of a nationwide database containing Social…
ICE procurement reveals data lake underlying immigration enforcement analytics
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is seeking contractor support for the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Data Lake, a…
USCIS plans $100 million-plus biometrics and identity technology project
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is preparing to spend more than $100 million on a new biometrics and identity…
Norway overhauls immigration system through six-year digital transformation
Norway is embarking on a six-year program to rebuild its immigration system from the ground up, replacing decades-old platforms with…
South Africa advances broader digital identity and public services ecosystem
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has launched a new portal that seeks to further ease access to Smart ID…
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…
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…
Fresh audit ordered into failed New Zealand border biometrics project
The New Zealand government says it will conduct a further inquiry to determine the exact total cost of the Biometric…
Canada launches immigration biometrics tender worth up to $88M
Canada has launched a tender to upgrade the global biometrics collection capability of its immigration system that could be worth…
