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ICE Using Border Facial Recognition Tech to ID Protesters and Activists in US
The Trump Administration’s constant escalation of its mass deportation programs now means ICE, CBP, and other federal agencies must come up with thousands of arrests a day. This never had any…
Fortunately for ICE, the administration is pitching in with the PULL ALL THE STOPS process, flooding the Los Angeles area with thousands of military troops and constantly expanding executive power to cover anything that might be challenged in court. And that action now includes the conversion of border crossing tech to field use, allowing ICE (and their federal partners) to bypass legal constraints that prevent government agents from demanding identification from any random person they happen to come across. “The Mobile Fortify App empowers users with real-time biometric identity verification capabilities utilizing contactless fingerprints and facial images captured by the camera on an ICE issued cell phone without a secondary collection device,” one of the emails, which was sent to all Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) personnel and seen by 404 Media, reads.
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