U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks after signing a letter of intent with Chilean Minister of Public Security Luis Cordero for a Biometric Identification Transnational Migrant Alert Program (BITMAP) at the Ministry of the Interior in Santiago de Chile, Chile, on July 30, 2025. Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images
The United States and Chile signed a new Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (BITMAP) letter of intent on July 30, which U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said is a continuation of crucial information-sharing between the two nations.
“Data sharing benefits everyone – except bad actors who wish to do us and our people harm,” Noem said in a statement. “Today, we kick-started a Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program (BITMAP) to help both nations better track criminals, terrorists, other dangerous individuals who try to cross our borders and do us harm.”
