Josef Burton, Author at Reason Magazine

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An image with a neon blue background, where a woman in a dress is having a TSA-like body scan, and, separately she is pictured on the right with a close-up of her face that has facial recognition dots on it. | Fatima Ruiz/Midjourney

Customs and Border Protection Doesn't Deny Using Facial Recognition To Target Foreign OnlyFans Models

The immigration system has a confusing and opaque approach to foreigners who have done sex work.

Josef Burton | 9.19.2026 8:00 AM

A collage of several different images: one of them a blue U.S. passport book, one of a woman in military fatigues filling out paperwork while talking to a man, the other two images are in the background with an orange tint, showing families with children walking across flat land. | U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command/U.S. Army/Svitlana Lutso/Dreamstime

The Modern Passport Has Eliminated Fraud, Forgery, and Heroes Who Can Bend the Rules To Save Lives

The biometric immigration system makes it impossible for bureaucrats to make a moral stand. I know because I tried.

Josef Burton | 5.20.2026 12:00 PM