DHS document reveals plans to give local police ICE facial recognition technology
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Meg Anderson
Summary
A Department of Homeland Security document reveals plans to provide local police working with federal immigration authorities access to the same facial recognition technology used by ICE agents. The document, a Privacy Threshold Analysis reported by 404 Media, assesses whether the privacy implications of this tool warrant further government study. This move would significantly expand the scope of ICE surveillance by equipping local law enforcement with facial recognition capabilities for identifying immigrants in the field.
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· 3 pulledFederal immigration officers often use facial recognition technology to identify immigrants in the field.
The document, first reported earlier this month by the tech news outlet 404 media, is a Privacy Threshold Analysis, which is essentially a federal report assessing whether the privacy implications of a tool warrant further government study.
Now, a newly revealed document from the Department of Homeland Security outlines plans to give local police working on its behalf the same type of technology.
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