CBP

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DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants
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DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants

The app, called Mobile Identify and available on the Google Play Store, is specifically for local and regional law enforcement agencies working with ICE on immigration enforcement.
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
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You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says

Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
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ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
A CBP Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles
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A CBP Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles

Video obtained and verified by 404 Media shows a CBP official wearing Meta's AI glasses, which are capable of recording and connecting with AI. “I think it should be seen in the context of an agency that is really encouraging its agents to actively intimidate and terrorize people," one expert said.
CBP Seizes Shipment of T-Shirts Featuring Swarm of Bees Attacking a Cop
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CBP Seizes Shipment of T-Shirts Featuring Swarm of Bees Attacking a Cop

The shirts will be returned to China or will be “destroyed under CBP supervision."