Biometrics registration on the way to the US border is not getting easier for migrants

Information technology's benefits can be intangible and hard to quantify, but its failings are often apparent. Evidence of this can be found at the U.S. southern border, where biometrics are being used to try to bring order to a crisis.

Political, academic and journalistic examinations of new mobile applications designed to reduce crowding at immigration checkpoints have found that the apps are not helping enough and may be hurting.

A Syracuse University research paper published this spring finds that seeking …

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