US Immigration Offices to Begin Collecting Biometric Data on Location Fox News Latino
go to original April 10, 2013

The biometric data that field offices collect will be put into databases that, among other things, track people who come on temporary visas. Roughly half of all people living in the United States illegally are visa overstays. (Homeland Security)

Beginning in May, going to federal immigration offices will feel more like going through an airport security system.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the arm of Homeland Security that handles such things as naturalization and permanent residency, or “green cards,” announced Monday that next month it would implement the Customer Identity Verification, or CIV, at its field offices.

The new system will require people to submit biometric data such as fingerprints and photographs, as well as government-issued documentation, when going to immigration offices to conduct business.

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