The Trump administration’s stance on immigration

One of the most important aspects of President Trump’s political campaign is strongly related to the ideal of reducing legal immigration and eradicating illegal immigration.

The Trump administration states that mass immigration greatly harms the US health and economic system, diminishing benefits available to the American population.

Thus, the Trump administration has significantly increased mandatory requirements for foreigners to obtain a legal entry or residence permit from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

The president assures that massive immigration affects the country mainly because:

• Immigrants tend to use services offered by the local government excessively and without giving anything in return to the country.
• Illegal immigration encourages clandestine work and does not allow the government to have a real figure of the number of people currently residing in the US.
• Thousands of undocumented immigrants do not pay mandatory annual taxes.
• The health system tends to be saturated due to massive immigration.

That is why the Trump administration argues that, if mass immigration is reduced, there would be more local resources that can be invested to improve national security, socioeconomic development, the education sector, inter alia.

In addition to that, the current administration of the US wants to control the number of people entering the country and obtain as much personal information as possible to update the database of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the USCIS.

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The government wants to request more biometric data from immigrants

Currently, when immigrants request services from the USCIS, they normally must provide biometric data such as fingerprints, some details of their personal information and must update this data every certain period of time.

However, on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, the Trump administration announced through DHS that it plans to request more biometric data from immigrants holding a legal document. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Eye scans.
• DNA samples.
• Voice printing.
• Face photographs.

Therefore, immigrants must update these biometric data if they initiate processes such as:

• Adjustment of immigration status.
• Application for an Employment Authorization Document (EAD).
• Family immigration cases.
• Citizenship process and naturalization ceremonies.
• Political asylum requests.

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The Trump administration receives criticism for this proposal

Naturally, this proposal to collect more biometric data from immigrants, who legally reside in the US, raised concerns from activists who claim that this could be a violation of personal privacy.

For instance, a former USCIS official stated: “They’re using what is overly general language in the law to justify a massive, unprecedented expansion to collect really personal information that they appear to plan to keep and use in perpetuity. What is the reason for this? What is the problem they are trying to solve?”

However, the DHS also gave its opinion and contradicted these criticisms, arguing that “Leveraging readily available technology to verify the identity of an individual we are screening is responsible governing. The collection of biometric information also guards against identity theft and thwarts fraudsters who are not who they claim to be.”

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