Discusses the challenges the U.S. government faces in using biometric data, such as scanned fingerprints and facial features, to track foreign visitors in an effort to control illegal immigration and terrorist activity. Click on link for related lesson plan.

Concepts

fingerprints, immigration

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Additional Tags

biometrics, border security, face recognition, facial recognition, homeland security, new york times, fingerprint scan

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)