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EFF & 140 Other Organizations Call for an End to AI Use in Immigration Decisions


EFF, Just Futures Law, and 140 other groups have sent a letter to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must stop using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the immigration system. For years, EFF has been monitoring and warning about the dangers of automated...

EFF, Just Futures Law, and 140 other groups have sent a letter to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must stop using artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the immigration system. Together, we declared that DHS’s use of AI, defined by the White House as “a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments,” appeared to violate federal policies governing its responsible use, especially when it’s used as part of the decision-making regarding immigration enforcement and adjudications. According to the report, AI technology is part of USCIS’s process to determine eligibility for immigration benefit or relief, credibility in asylum applications, and public safety or national security threat level of an individual.

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