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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee on the fiscal year 2025 budget in Washington, D.C. on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Allison Bailey / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

140+ groups flag DHS’s AI use cases in new letter to Mayorkas

The letter to the secretary from a collection of immigrant and civil rights organizations, unions and more comes ahead of upcoming deadlines for agencies related to their…
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Houston Airport Biometrics and CBP Operations
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer takes a biometric photo of a passenger prior to boarding a flight at Houston International Airport on Feb. 12, 2018. (Customs and Border Protection / Donna Burton / Flickr)

CBP leaning into biometrics on controversial app, raising concerns from immigrant rights advocates

As Customs and Border Protection looks to expand the use of biometrics in its CBP One app, two different internal components of the Department of Homeland Security…
Rep Aaron Bean, R-F.L. sitting with a sign behind him with false identification log in attempts with the title "The Swindler Barbie"
Rep Aaron Bean, R-F.L. sitting with a sign behind him with false identification log in attempts with the title “The Swindler Barbie” photo courtesy of Caroline Nihill.

‘An ocean of fraud.’ Industry offers biometrics and data exploitation solutions after sweeping COVID-19 fraud

Industry leaders offered solutions to fight digital fraud and defend against fraudsters trying to enter online platforms with masks or computer-generated images that try to trick biometric…
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 09: A U.S. Customs and Border Protection patch on the uniform of Rodolfo Karisch, Rio Grande Valley sector chief patrol agent for the U.S. Border Patrol. (Photo by Alex Edelman/Getty Images)

Customs and Border Protection to update app to screen Ukrainians seeking travel authorization to the US

This revision is part of a step for Uniting for Ukraine, a commitment from the Biden administration to welcome Ukrainian citizens and others who are fleeing Russian…
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