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Trump administration plans expanded use of personal data

By BEN FOX tained a draft of the pol-
Associated Press icy, reported earlier Tues-
WASHINGTON (AP) — The day that it included a pro-
Trump administration an- vision for U.S. Citizenship
nounced plans Tuesday and Immigration Services,
to expand the collection which is also a component
of personal "biometric" in- of DHS, to collect biomet-
formation by the agency ric data from non-citizens
in charge of immigration legally working and living
enforcement, raising con- in the U.S. or seeking to do
cerns about civil liberties so.
and data protection. It would also require U.S.
In a statement, the De- citizens sponsoring rela-
partment of Homeland tives to come to the coun-
Security said it would soon try to provide biometric
issue a formal proposal for data, including in some
a new regulation for ex- cases their DNA, if it was
panding "the authorities needed to verify some-
and methods" for collect- one's identity.
ing biometrics, which are "This is a remarkable ex-
physical characteristics pansion of surveillance, es-
such as fingerprints used pecially the idea that im-
to identify individuals. migrants could be called
U.S. Customs and Border in at any point to give
Protection, a component these biometrics," said
of DHS, already collects In this Dec. 10, 2015, file photo, a pedestrian crossing from Mexico into the United States at the Sarah Pierce, an analyst
biometric data, includ- Otay Mesa Port of Entry has his facial features and eyes scanned at a biometric kiosk in San with the Migration Policy
Diego.
ing iris scans, from people Associated Press Institute.
captured trying to enter It typically takes several
the country without legal ment that the new rule and facial recognition to lease the proposed regu- months for a new regula-
authority. would authorize new tech- verify people's identity. lation or provide details. tion to take effect after a
DHS said in a written state- niques, including voice The agency did not re- BuzzFeed News, which ob- public comment period.q

75th anniversary of end of WWII is mostly virtual amid virus

who live on the mainland grandchildren gathered States had claimed neu-
watched a livestream of around a laptop set up on trality. And that neutrality
the event from their homes a dining table. The family ended on the morning of
instead of seeing it in per- clapped and hooted when December 7th, when Jap-
son on the ship as they had his name was called; Ped- anese forces … launched
planned. "Well, I was very ersen smiled and gave a an all-out assault on the is-
disappointed, yes. I was fist pump. land of Oahu."
hoping to maybe see a "For me, it was the end of The result was thousands
friend or two," he said. "I just the killing, the war that had of dead and wounded,
want to share with at least taken millions of soldiers about half of which died
my family and a couple of and many, many, many on the USS Arizona, which
other folks some of the feel- millions of civilians in wars still sits submerged in Pearl
ings that I was going to ex- in Europe and finally in Harbor next to the USS Mis-
press when I got there." the Pacific that came to souri Memorial, a floating
Those feelings are compli- an end that day. And we museum. Four years later,
In this Aug. 11, 2020, file photo, a plaque marks the spot where cated, said Pedersen, who were celebrating," he told after massive losses on both
World War II surrender documents were signed on the USS dedicated his life to peace The Associated Press as he sides that included the
Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. after the war ended. watched the screen. dropping of atomic bombs
Associated Press "War must not happen "I had the feeling that day. on Hiroshima and Nagasa-
Continued from Front friend." Organizers limited again," he said, recalling I made a pact with my- ki, the Japanese indicated
the ceremony less than two the words uttered by Gen. self that I'm going to be a they would surrender on
"We honor the legacy of weeks before the anniver- Douglas MacArthur on the peacemaker in my life," Aug. 15, then met with Al-
those who came before sary because of a surge in day the Japanese surren- said Pedersen, who went to lied forces aboard the Mis-
us and recommit ourselves coronavirus cases in Hawaii dered. But "we're still oscil- college after the war, got souri on Sept. 2 to sign the
to defending today's inter- and other parts of the na- lating on many of the things his doctorate and became Instrument of Surrender.
national rules and norms so tion. That left dozens of vet- that are necessary to bring a minister. The U.S. entered "The jubilation of the coun-
that the road is safer and is erans in their 90s or beyond us peace." the war after Japanese try was convulsive," Mar-
better for generations yet giving what could be their Pedersen wore a blue Ma- warplanes attacked Pearl tinez said. "Pictures that you
to come," Esper said. "The final salute from afar. rine uniform recently sent Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. see in Manhattan, pictures
United States' commitment Jerry Pedersen, 95, was a to him for the ceremony "The clouds of war were here in Honolulu, which
to the role today is the U.S. Marine when he wit- while he watched the lives- gathering all around the had an incredible celebra-
same one we made to the nessed the end of World treamed ceremony at his United States, and the tion of peace. Young men
freedom-loving people of War II on the deck of the son's house in rural West world for that matter," said and young women know-
the world in 1941 — that we Missouri. On the 75th an- Sacramento, California. He Daniel Martinez, Pearl Har- ing they would not be risk-
will remain ready to fight niversary, Pedersen and and his three adult children, bor National Memorial ing their lives out there in
any foe and defend any his surviving comrades their spouses and some chief historian. "The United that war."q