US DHS’s Opaque Vetting Software Allegedly Relied on Poor-Quality Data and Discriminated against Immigrants
Description
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)’s ATLAS software used in vetting immigration requests was condemned by advocacy groups as a threat to naturalized citizens for its secretive algorithmic decision-making, reliance on poor quality data and unknown sources, and alleged discrimination of immigrants using biometric and sensitive information.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- us-department-of-homeland-security
- us-citizenship-and-immigration-services
Alleged Developers
- us-citizenship-and-immigration-services
Harmed Parties
- us-naturalized-citizens
- us-immigrants
- us-citizenship-applicants
- us-immigration-applicants
Classification
Risk Domain
Discrimination & ToxicityRisk Subdomain
1.1. Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation
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