EFF: Stop the Newest Border Screening Bill
Stop the Newest Border Screening Bill Biometric screening, surveillance drones, social media snooping, license plate readers—all this and more would be required by new federal legislation to expand high-tech spying on U.S. citizens and immigrants alike at and near the U.S. border. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) introduced “the SECURE Act” ( S. 2192 ) on December 5. It borrows liberally from two other federal bills— H.R. 3548 and S. 1757 —that EFF opposed earlier this year. Those bills were respectively introduced by Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) in the House of Representatives and Sen. John Coryn (R-TX) in the Senate. Sen. Coryn’s bill, called the Building America’s Trust Act, raises concerns about digital rights, many of which are likely to be ongoing issues in Sen. Grassley’s SECURE Act. Sen. Coryn’s bill would require that the Department of Homeland Security: Collect biometric information from all people who exit the U.S., including U.S. and foreign citizens. Collect DNA and ...