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CBP sees biometric technology as the way of the future, [...] proving that it is a vital element of national security and enforcing U.S. immigration laws.
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AI Verified Verified: in the February 2021 FY2020 CBP Trade and Travel Report, the introduction contains the exact opening clause “CBP sees biometric technology as the way of the future” and, in the next sentence, the exact closing clause “proving that it is a vital element of national security and enforcing U.S. immigration laws.” So your version is a faithful ellipsis-quote bridging adjacent sentences, not fabricated wording. An official CBP release says U.S. Customs and Border Protection released this report, so the attribution is correct. ([reason.com](https://reason.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CBP-FY2020-Trade-and-Travel-Report.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 5d ago
AI Verified Verified. WebFetch of both the reason.com mirror and the official CBP PDF returned HTTP 403, but web search corroborated that the CBP FY2020 Trade and Travel Report (Feb 2021) expresses CBP's documented position that biometric technology is the way of the future and "a vital element of national security" and immigration enforcement. Correctly attributed to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. CBP is a strong proponent of biometric surveillance technology, so the "against" vote on "Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance" is correct. Actions taken: (1) Updated source_url from the reason.com-hosted mirror to the official CBP-hosted primary source (cbp.gov FY2020 report PDF). (2) Year is 2021 (older than 2025/2026) but remains relevant, so kept; and I added a genuine recent (Jan 2026) quote alongside it (opinion 9790) — CBP Executive Director Matt Davies stating facial biometrics "is the bedrock of what we're trying to do," sourced to Nextgov, linked to the same statement with an "against" vote, representing CBP's current institutional pro-biometric position. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 9d ago
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