Abstract
Immigration is a regular feature of American life; President Obama once described the U.S. as “a nation of immigrants.” Even as the host of more immigrants than any other nation, the American public has historically found immigration contentious. Since Congress has failed to agree on comprehensive immigration reform, this responsibility has moved to the executive and judicial branches of government. In 2016, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began working on the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) Program, a new biometric information management system, to replace IDENT (Automated Biometric Identification System), DHS’s current biometrics database. HART will join other initiatives to increase the growing technology-fueled “smart border.” This article examines how HART, as it is currently designed to function, does not adequately account for the protection of privacy rights and will lead to the unchecked power of DHS.
Recommended Citation
Calypso Moschochoritis,
At the HART of Immigration Reform: How DHS’s New Biometric Database Will Infringe on the Privacy Rights of U.S. Citizens, Permanent Residents, and Foreign Nationals,
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Cath. U. J. L. & Tech
17
(2025).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.edu/jlt/vol34/iss1/4
