Your face could soon be scanned into a database in the name of "border control"
"ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a 'definitive' determination of a person's status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien.'"
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According to internal documents, the ICE Mobile Fortify app can add newly scanned facial images and contactless fingerprints to federal biometric databases. This lets the government build its surveillance network by scanning people's faces and fingerprints wherever agents are operating.
ICE is scanning people's faces based on what appears to be little more than the color of their skin. We don't know how long this biometric data is stored, how it's safeguarded, or what accountability exists for how it's used. This surveillance tech puts American citizens at risk of being detained or deported based on an app's "match."
Just like the Patriot Act gave the government permission to spy on its citizens without probable cause in the name of "protecting America from terrorism," this surveillance tech is poised to scan anyone's biometrics without probable cause in the name of protecting America from brown people.
And even though Mexicans are the focal point of this administration, not all undocumented immigrants are people of color. Which means once this precedent is set, anyone—anywhere, anytime—can have their face scanned without probable cause.
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