ICE Awards $25M Iris-Scanning Contract to Bi2 Technologies | Hacker News

ICE awarded Bi2 Technologies a $25 million contract for iris-scanning biometric identification services.

The deal expands the federal government’s use of biometric tools for verifying identity.

The contract is likely to intensify privacy and civil-liberties concerns over surveillance.

It adds to growing scrutiny of how immigration authorities use biometric data.