"If you're filing an immigration form - or helping someone who is - the Feds may soon want to look in your eyes, swab your cheek, and scan your face. The US Department of Homeland Security wants to greatly expand biometric data collection for immigration applications, covering immigrants and even some US citizens tied to those cases. DHS, through its component agency US Citizenship and Immigration Services, on Monday proposed a sweeping expansion of the agency's collection of biometric data."
"DHS wants to change that, including by requiring practically everyone an immigrant is associated with to submit their biometric data. "DHS proposes in this rule that any applicant, petitioner, sponsor, supporter, derivative, dependent, beneficiary, or individual filing or associated with a benefit request or other request or collection of information, including U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals and lawful permanent residents, and without regard to age, must submit biometrics unless DHS otherwise exempts the requirement," the rule proposal said."
The Department of Homeland Security, via U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, would expand mandatory biometric collection for immigration benefit applications. The rule would require submission of fingerprints, cheek swabs, facial scans, and other biometrics from applicants and virtually anyone associated with a benefit request, including applicants, petitioners, sponsors, supporters, derivatives, dependents, beneficiaries, and related U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and lawful permanent residents regardless of age. The proposal would also collect biometrics from any alien apprehended, arrested, or encountered by DHS. The stated purposes include identity verification and fraud prevention, but the rule extends requirements beyond traditional applicants without clear explanation for some affected U.S. citizens.
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