Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.

Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.

  • takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    51·
    2 days ago

    This is scary:

    On Wednesday, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson told 404 Media in a statement that ICE will prioritize the results of the app over birth certificates. “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,” he said. “ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms