WASHINGTON — U.S. immigration enforcement officers are proposing that fingerprints be taken from all people claiming custody of children who have entered the United States illegally without an adult relative, a measure that opponents said could keep thousands of families apart. As a new wave of unaccompanied Central American children […]
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Eye Scans Could Deter As Many Illegal Immigrants to the U.S. As a Border Wall
17 Dec
by Foster, on News
The U.S. is testing what could be a powerful new deterrent against illegal immigration. Between 40 to 50 percent of people illegally living in the U.S.—as many as 6 million people, according to an estimate by the Pew Research Center—didn’t sneak in, but entered legally, and then overstayed their visas. Up to […]
By Elliot Spagat SAN DIEGO — The federal government on Thursday began collecting facial and eye scans of foreigners entering the U.S. at a busy border crossing with Mexico, a first step in one of its most ambitious efforts to track people who stay in the country illegally after their […]
CBP to Collect Biometric Departure Data from Select Foreign Nationals
14 Jul
by Foster, on Immigration Updates
On July 14, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that the agency will begin collecting biometric data from select foreign nationals departing the United States. The new initiative, which is scheduled to run through at least June 2016, is being implemented first at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport […]