India, Oct. 28 -- Amid the Trump administration's ongoing crackdown on immigrants in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security has issued new rules for all green card holders and foreigners. As per the release filed on Friday, all immigrants and non-citizens will be required to be photographed when entering and leaving the country.

Photographs and fingerprint scanning were already a custom for certain immigrants and foreign visitors. Meanwhile, biometric data of certain non-citizens have been collected upon entry to the US since 2004.

With this new release, the data collection rule has now been significantly expanded to all foreigners entering and leaving the United States.

"Comprehensive data gathering for entry and exit ...