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Facial Recognition Faces Ban as AI & TikTok Battles Explode

Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Ban ICE and CBP Use of Facial Recognition Technology

Senate Democrats introduced the "ICE Out of Our Faces Act" aimed at prohibiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from utilizing facial recognition and other biometric surveillance technologies, according to Ars Technica. The bill, introduced on [Date - not specified in sources], seeks to prevent covered immigration officers from acquiring, possessing, accessing, or using any biometric surveillance system or information derived from such systems within the United States.

The proposed legislation would also mandate the deletion of all data previously collected from these systems, Ars Technica reported. The ban extends beyond facial recognition to encompass other biometric surveillance technologies, such as voice recognition.

This legislative effort comes amid scrutiny of the face-recognition app "Mobile Fortify," currently used by United States immigration agents, Wired reported. Records reviewed by Wired indicate that the app, launched by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the spring of 2025, was not designed to reliably identify individuals and was deployed without adequate privacy scrutiny. DHS explicitly linked the rollout to an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, calling for a crackdown on undocumented immigrants. The app was intended to determine or verify the identities of individuals stopped or detained by DHS officers during federal operations.

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