Border Patrol Creates Comprehensive Crossing Database

The Department of Homeland Security has disclosed they are collecting personal data from travelers going through US Border Crossings and storing it in a massive database.  DHS announced the policy through a notice in the Federal Register last month, but the issue has just recently received national media attention.  This kind of information gathering and storing at US borders is unprecedented.  FSRN Host Jes Burns interviewed Melissa Ngo, an attorney with privacylives.com, who says the new database casts a wide net.

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