Confusion about biometric app clouds border ID debate in US

Anti-immigration voices in the United States are misleading public opinion about biometric identification rules for non-citizens traveling by air domestically and internationally.

Migrants are required to provide federal Transportation Security Administration personnel with their alien ID number or biographical data. They do not have to show a passport or national ID because in many cases, asylum seekers do not have the documents.

They are encouraged to have their photo taken at an airport by TSA, but as with citizens, facial …

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