PHOENIX – Events Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance is demanding an investigation into what he calls a covert mass surveillance program that indiscriminately collects information on millions of money transfers, most of which are sent by immigrants living in four states. Southwest border to Mexico.
But officials leading the effort that began scrutinizing remittance data more than a decade ago say it is a proven, valuable tool to combat people-smuggling and money-laundering along the border. US-Mexico.
