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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 fingerprint 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
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