WAATEA NEWS COLUMN: As Trump bombs Iran, why would we hand over our biometrics?

The timing is bad.

This matters to every Kiwi travelling as the EBSP requires far more biometric data than the current system needs.

That means enormous sensitive and personal data about yourself will be accessible by the  Immigration and Customs Enforcement border force, that’s Trump’s secret police militia who seize people off the street and last month killed two protestors.

Allowing a President that much data and biometric details to a paramilitary force with questionable tactics while he is trashing the International Laws of the Planet leaves wide open questions.

Biometrics is even more precious to Māori and other indigenous cultures and there is no clear explanation how the taonga of DNA or tattoos would be respected.

New Zealand should not participate in handing over data on our migrants anymore than we should hand over our biometrics!

The American President is showing us the rule of law means nothing to him, why would we trust our DNA with him?