How ICE is using facial recognition to bring surveillance to the streets
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MINNEAPOLIS — Federal immigration agents flooding U.S. streets are using a new surveillance tool kit whose increasing use on observers and bystanders is alarming civil liberties advocates, lawmakers and activists. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.
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Main Idea: ICE and other Department of Homeland Security agents are using facial recognition and phone-based scanning in street operations, raising concerns about privacy, intimidation, and broad surveillance of bystanders.
Key Points:
- Agents in cities like Minneapolis, Chicago, and Portland, Maine have been seen photographing faces and scanning people with a DHS app called Mobile Fortify.
- DHS says the tool helps identify people of interest, but civil liberties groups and some lawmakers say it may violate privacy and the Fourth Amendment.
- People described being scanned or photographed even when they were not suspected of a crime, and some said the practice felt like intimidation.
- The report says DHS can keep some photos for up to 15 years, and Sen. Ed Markey has introduced a bill to ban ICE and CBP from using facial recognition.
Impact on the People
Negative Impact
ICE and DHS street facial scans could make ordinary people feel watched, discourage protest or neighborhood volunteering, and collect personal data without consent.
Positive Impact
DHS says the scans may help identify people of interest faster during immigration enforcement.
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Parent agency overseeing the facial recognition and surveillance practices discussed in the article.
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Central federal agency using facial recognition tools in street-level immigration enforcement.
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Civil liberties group that filed a class action lawsuit over the alleged facial scan practices.
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Illinois attorney general whose office alleges the scans violate privacy rights and has taken legal action.
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DHS agency named as part of the facial recognition rollout and enforcement activity.
Include 0 (0%)Ignore 0 (0%)5 to threshold - Senator Ed MarkeypersonMajorAI selected
Named senator introducing legislation and publicly pressing DHS over the use of facial recognition.
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