Trump Signs INTERDICT Act to Fund Fentanyl Detectors at Border Crossings
On January 10, President Trump signed the INTERDICT Act. The Act allows CBP to buy chemical screening devices that can detect fentanyl and other opioids.
CBP Has To Hire 5,000 New Border Patrol Agents; It’s Paying A Private Company $297 Million To Help
Customs and Border Protection awarded a $297 million contract to a private company to help recruit and hire the new agents and other workers.
US Government Having Trouble Detecting Asylum Fraud as Claims Increase
New IHS contributor and TV analyst, Sylvia Longmire, offers her expert analysis on how the US Government is having trouble detecting asylum fraud.
US Border Patrol Declines to Use Body Cameras After Internal Review
By Sylvia Longmire
Contributor, In Homeland Security
While negative sentiment aimed towards municipal police officers has been gaining momentum in roughly the last two years, there is one agency—much larger than any US city’s police department—that has borne the brunt of disproportionate criticism for its enforcement actions for decades: the US Border Patrol. Many police departments have opted to require officers to wear body cameras as a way to increase transparency and accountability, and also as a way to protect officers from false allegations of abuse.
Two Companies Pioneering the World of Mobile Biometrics
By Glynn Cosker
Managing Editor, In Homeland Security
One of the biggest takeaways from last week’s 10th Annual Homeland Security Week conference in Pentagon City, Va., was the fascinating subject of biometrics and the new mobile devices on offer to quickly obtain and analyze personal data from an individual.
Biometrics are technologies that capture and confirm the identity of people by analyzing their physical characteristics and comparing those attributes to records found in a database.