DHS awards $25M no-bid contract for iris scanners amid mass deportation push
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is expanding its use of iris scanning technology as part of mass deportation efforts, awarding a $25 million no-bid contract to BI2 Technologies. This contract is five times larger than the previous one awarded last fall. Privacy experts have raised concerns that DHS is amassing a large biometric database of detained individuals, especially given the agency's increased funding and the planned deployment of hundreds of scanning devices nationwide.
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The agency awarded a $25 million no-bid contract last week to BI2 Technologies, a company that specializes in iris scanning.
The new contract is more than five times the amount of the company's last DHS contract, awarded last fall.
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