华盛顿——拜登政府周五撤回了特朗普时代的一项提案，该提案旨在扩大美国收集的生物识别数据的数量和类型。移居当局。
美国公民和移民服务部表示，9月份提交公众评论的拟议规则将被撤回，作为新政府减少移民系统“障碍和不当负担”目标的一部分。
在宣布撤回该提议的声明中，该机构表示，国土安全部将继续“在适当的时候”收集生物识别技术。其中包括申请公民身份的人的指纹和照片，以及在美国边境被捕的人的虹膜扫描。
该提案由总统签发唐纳德·特朗普如果被采纳，USCIS将能够从任何申请进入美国的人及其家庭成员(包括儿童)那里收集更多类型的生物特征，包括指纹和DNA。
特朗普政府辩称，这将改善安全审查，有助于减少欺诈，并使移民系统更加高效，例如，允许人们只用自己的声音检查申请状态。官员们当时说，脱氧核糖核酸将被用来确保人们是声称的亲属，不会被储存。
但批评人士表示，该提议将为已经繁琐的移民程序增加不必要的步骤，并因数据收集的侵入性而阻止人们甚至寻求来美国。
US drops Trump plan for more biometric data on immigrants
WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration on Friday withdrew a Trump-era proposal to expand the amount and types of biometric data collected by U.S.immigrationauthorities.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said the proposed rule submitted for public comment in September would be withdrawn as part of the new administration’s goal of reducing “barriers and undue burdens” in the immigration system.
In a statement announcing the withdrawal of the proposal, the agency said the Department of Homeland Security would continue to collect biometrics “where appropriate.” That includes fingerprints and photos of people applying for citizenship and iris scans of people apprehended at the U.S. border.
The proposal issued under PresidentDonald Trumpwould have, if adopted, enabled USCIS to collect more types of biometrics, including voice prints and DNA, from anyone applying to enter the U.S. and family members, including children.
The Trump administration argued it would improve security vetting, help reduce fraud and make the immigration system more efficient by, for example, allowing people to check the status of applications with just their voice. DNA, officials said at the time, would be used to ensure people were related family members as claimed and would not be stored.
But critics said the proposal would add unnecessary steps to an already cumbersome immigration process and discourage people from even seeking to come to the U.S. because of the intrusiveness of the data collection.
