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Original Date Announced
June 26, 2025404 Media reports that ICE is using a new mobile phone app for interior immigration enforcement, called Mobile Fortify, that can identify a person by fingerprints images or by pointing a phone camera at them. Previously, CBP primarily used biometric identity-verification technology at ports of entry. In a leaked email sent to all personnel in Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), ICE instructed officers to "use this new tool to identify people whose identity ICE officers do not know."
Trump 2.0 [ID #1889]
2025.06.26 Reported: ICE Is Using New Facial Recognition App to Identify People - 404 MediaCurrent Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: ReportedTrump Administration Action: Change in PracticeSubject Matter: EnforcementAgencies Affected: ICEAssociated or Derivative Policies
- September 24, 2018 CBP announces facial recognition technology at ports of entry
Documents
Trump-Era Policy Documents
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Commentary
Original Source:
Senators - Letter to ICE on Mobile Fortify
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Commentary
2025.09.11 Senators - Letter to ICE on Mobile Fortify
Nine Democratic Senators sent a letter to Acting ICE Director Lyons urging the agency to end its use of Mobile Fortify. They warned that biometric scanning technology is frequently biased and inaccurate, particularly against people of color, and that its use threatens privacy and free speech rights. The Senators also included a series of questions seeking details about ICE's use of Mobile Fortify and the agency's policies, practices, and procedures governing the app.
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