ICE Plans to Expand Facial Recognition App to Over 1,000 Local Police Agencies for Immigration Verification
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Summary
ICE plans to provide over a thousand local law enforcement agencies with a facial recognition app that queries a database of hundreds of millions of images to verify immigration status, according to an internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media. The app represents a significant escalation in technology used for the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda, building on existing use of Mobile Fortify by ICE and CBP.
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The app would be a dramatic escalation in the technology being used to carry out the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda.
ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are already using Mobile Fortify, a facial reco
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