WASHINGTON (CN) — A multimillion-dollar funding request from the Homeland Security Department aimed at developing high-tech “smart glasses” for use by immigration agents landed with a thud on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, where members of Congress said they were learning about the proposal for the first time.
And while Democrats said they were worried about the civil liberties implications inherent in the new technology — which DHS said would give federal agents access to “real-time” information such as biometric identification data while working in the field — Republicans appeared markedly less concerned.
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