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Your weekly summary from the Council LATEST ANALYSIS
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 » 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 » FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
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.
ACROSS THE NATION
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 MAKE A CONTRIBUTION
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." FURTHER READING
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