How ICE is using facial recognition in Minnesota
Mobile Fortify app being used to scan faces of citizens and immigrants – but its use has prompted a severe backlashImmigration enforcement agents across the US are increasingly relying on a new smartphone app with facial recognition technology.The app is named Mobile Fortify. Simply pointing a...
<p>Mobile Fortify app being used to scan faces of citizens and immigrants – but its use has prompted a severe backlash</p><p>Immigration enforcement agents across the US are increasingly relying on a new smartphone app with facial recognition technology.</p><p>The app is named Mobile Fortify. Simply pointing a phone’s camera at their intended target and scanning the person’s face allows Mobile Fortify to pull data on an individual from multiple federal and state databases, some of which <a href="https://www.nilc.org/articles/how-the-trump-deportation-machine-relies-on-inaccurate-databases-and-unregulated-data-collection/">federal courts have deemed too inaccurate</a> for arrest warrants.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/27/ice-facial-recognition-minnesota">Continue reading...</a>
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