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Biometrics in Immigration: Promoting National Security and Community Safety
By Dan Cadman, October 12, 2020

Excerpt: This comment is in response to the publication in the Federal Register of a Proposed Regulation by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its subordinate agency, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at 85 FR 56338 on September 11, 2020.

The Center for Immigration Studies hosted a conversation on the value of biometrics in immigration enforcement and how that relates to national security and public safety.

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