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ICE Uses Facial Recognition App to Identify Suspects in Seconds
The Mobile Fortify app has been used over 100,000 times nationwide to verify identities and immigration status, reducing mistaken detentions according to ICE and DHS officials.
- ICE is using a mobile facial recognition app called Mobile Fortify to quickly identify individuals and determine their immigration status, with over 100,000 uses reported so far.
- The app has received both praise from officials for its effectiveness and criticism from privacy advocates for potential civil liberties violations.
- Privacy advocates and some Democratic lawmakers argue that the app poses severe risks to privacy and civil liberties, claiming it facilitates unauthorized surveillance.
- ICE's practices with Mobile Fortify have sparked debates around government overreach and the ethical implications of mass surveillance technology.
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Washington. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) accelerates arrests by using the Border Patrol’s mobile facial recognition technology, according to a new report.
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Leaning Left14Leaning Right2Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution59% Left
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