Victory! Biden Administration Rescinds Dangerous DHS Proposed Rule to Expand Biometrics Collection Marking a big win for the privacy and civil liberties of immigrant communities, the Biden Administration recently rescinded a Trump-era proposed rule that would have massively expanded the collection of biometrics from people applying for an immigration benefit. Introduced in September 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposal would have mandated biometrics collection far beyond the status quo—including facial images, voice prints, iris scans, DNA, and even behavioral biometrics—from anyone applying for an immigration benefit, including immigrants and often their U.S. citizen and permanent resident family members. The DHS proposed rule garnered more than 5,000 comments in response , the overwhelming majority of which opposed this unprecedented expansion of biometrics. Five U.S. Senators also demanded that DHS abandon the proposal. EFF, joined by several leadin...