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EPIC, Coalition Urge DHS to Extend Comment Period on Massive Changes to Rules for Asylum Seekers

EPIC and a coalition of 172 national, state, and local immigration, policy, direct services, and privacy organizations urged the Department of Homeland Security to extend a short 30-day deadline for comments on a rulemaking that makes substantial changes to the process for seeking asylum in the U.S.
- Surveillance Oversight
- Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
- Updates
EPIC, Coalition Call for ICE to Cancel Contract with LexisNexis for Invasive Surveillance Databases

In a letter signed by more than 80 immigrant rights, racial justice, government accountability, human rights, and privacy organizations, EPIC and coalition members called upon ICE not to renew a $22 million contract for a suite of surveillance services.
- Government Databases
- Surveillance Oversight
- Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
- Updates
EPIC Supports Senators’ Call for TSA to Halt the Use of Facial Recognition
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Surveillance Oversight
- Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
- Updates
CBP Compiles Massive Amounts of Travelers’ Data Through Border Seizures
- Government Databases
- Surveillance Oversight
- Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
- Updates
New EPIC Report Highlights DHS’s Extensive Collection and Circulation of Location Data
- Government Databases
- Surveillance Oversight
- Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
- Updates
DHS’s Data Reservoir: ICE and CBP’s Capture and Circulation of Location Information
- Government Databases
- Surveillance Oversight
- Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
EPIC’s Jeramie Scott to Testify to Congress on CBP’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Surveillance Oversight
- Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
- Updates
Egbert v. Boule Shields DHS Agents from Accountability for Unconstitutional Surveillance

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Egbert v. Boule granting Customs and Border Patrol (“CBP”) officers immunity from lawsuits for constitutional violations.
- Fourth Amendment
- Privacy Laws
- Surveillance Oversight
- Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
- Analysis
EPIC, Coalition Urge Amazon Not to Host Massive DHS Biometric Database
- Face Surveillance & Biometrics
- Government Databases
- Surveillance Oversight
- Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
- Updates
EPIC v. ICE (Location and Social Media Surveillance)
- Data Protection
- Freedom of Information Act
- Location Tracking
- Open Government
- Surveillance Oversight
- Traveler Screening & Border Surveillance
- FOIA Cases

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