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LATEST ANALYSIS
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DHS Fails to Address Concerns about CBP One as the Agency Expands the App’s Use [[link removed]]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is expanding its use of CBP One, which uses facial recognition technology and GPS tracking to perform several of its functions, subjecting users to the inherent risks and flaws of these technologies. Information about these functions and the app’s data collection capabilities is scattered and often buried in dense government documents. Read More » [[link removed]]
What’s Next for Title 42? The Policy Still Has the Border in Its Grip [[link removed]]
Weeks after Title 42 was ordered to end, the supposed “public health” policy is still effectively closing the border to many asylum seekers after an eleventh-hour order from the Supreme Court kept it alive. Read More » [[link removed]]
FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
The Biden administration recently announced a new parole program that will be available to 30,000 nationals of Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba, and Haiti each month.
The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has the authority to grant “parole” to certain noncitizens so they may temporarily enter or remain in the United States for specific reasons.
This updated fact sheet from the American Immigration Council explains the nature of parole, how parole requests are considered, who may qualify, and what parole programs currently exist.
Read More: The Use of Parole Under Immigration Law [[link removed]]
ACROSS THE NATION
In October 2020, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) launched a mobile app called CBP One. Over the last two years, the agency has expanded CBP One’s uses, becoming the only way certain people seeking entry into the United States can submit necessary information prior to their arrival.
Last week, the Biden administration announced the expansion of CBP One’s uses, becoming the primary method for asylum seekers arriving at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border to submit their information to CBP and preschedule an appointment for processing, as well as becoming the only way by which applicants of the parole programs for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans can apply for permission to travel to the United States.
But lack of transparency around CBP One has raised concerns about accessibility, privacy, potential surveillance, and future uses of migrants’ biometric data. Additionally, advocates point to known problems of racial inequity in facial recognition software.
This updated fact sheet from the American Immigration Council compiles and discusses publicly available information about the CBP One app.
Read more: CBP One: An Overview [[link removed]]
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“The first border bill the House GOP are set to vote on would impose permanent mandatory expulsions at every border/airport for everyone without a visa or valid entry document—even a child crossing alone, or a baby found abandoned, no exceptions. It would be a total end to asylum.
Not only does the bill require the end to asylum until literally every single person crossing can be detained (which is currently physically impossible), it also gives DHS a permanent discretionary authority to end asylum at every border."
– Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Policy Director at the American Immigration Council [[link removed]]
FURTHER READING
NPR: A1 - Joe Biden's Gone to the U.S.-Mexico Border. What For? [[link removed]]
Scripps TV: Evening Segment with invited guest Alex Miller, Director of the Immigration Justice Campaign [[link removed]]
Daily Kos: Discriminatory 'public charge' rule is at long last dead, after SCOTUS again turns away GOP states [[link removed]]
Yahoo News: Illegal immigration dropped after Venezuela program, but Title 42 likely contributed too [[link removed]]
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