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CBP provides facial-recognition mobile app for state/local law enforcement

  1. Original Date Announced

    November 4, 2025

    404 Media reports that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has launched a new mobile-phone app called Mobile Identify to be used by state or local law-enforcement agents performing immigration-enforcement duties through 287(g) agreements. Through the app, agents can scan people's faces by pointing their phone camera at them. After a face is scanned, the app tells agents either to contact ICE to detain the person or let the person go.

    Trump 2.0 [ID #2057]

    2025.11.04 Reported: DHS Gives Local Cops a Facial Recognition App To Find Immigrants - 404 Media

Current Status

None

Original Trump Policy Status

Status: Reported
Trump Administration Action: Change in Practice
Subject Matter: Interior Enforcement
Agencies Affected: DHS CBP ICE

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