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)…
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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…
Maldives new facial recognition, e-Visa systems tighten immigration process
Maldives is introducing a new mobile facial recognition system to identify undocumented foreign workers, and pushing ahead with its new…
UK Home Office live facial recognition adoption begins with POC at ports
The UK government is joining its police in embracing facial recognition with the Home Office and Immigration Enforcement planning a…
EU tests new biometric screening process for migrants at Lampedusa
Lampedusa, the small island between Italy and Morocco and a key entry point for irregular migration to Europe, has become…
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…
‘The Starmer Paradox’ pits UK national digital ID plan against its stated purpose
If the enforcement of mandatory right to work (RtW) checks with digital ID will significantly reduce the flow of illegal…
Rights groups concerned over UK’s plan to use biometric age estimation on migrants
Rights groups and social work experts are expressing concerns about the UK’s plans to introduce biometric facial age estimation for…
Digital detention expands under the guise of compassion, report says
A new policy report jointly produced by the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, International Detention Coalition, and Refugee Law…
Facial recognition proposed as UK’s immigration fix by Tory leader Badenoch
The way to reform the UK’s immigration system is not the introduction of mandatory digital ID, according to the leader…
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