This project begins by assuming that AI agents, when combined with surveillance and biometrics, will reshape global citizenship, migration, and refugee law by replacing humans. It examines the effects of integrated AI agents on passport control, citizenship applications, refugee status determination, migration tracking, naturalization procedure, and civil registration, including their impact on access to citizenship and essential documents. It looks at the ways AI agents will interact with smart cards, centralized databases, drones and facial recognition technologies, and the impact these technologies will have on nation-state citizenship law and the international system of borders.
Laboratory for theFuture of Citizenship