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This reeks of bullshit by ICE, they can't verify citizenship from a face, because AFAIK there is no database of citizenship faces.
It is way more likely to be run against for instance criminal arrest photo databases.
There may be other segments they can take from like military and DMV, but they can't say that because they don't have a photo match that people aren't citizens.
It can only in a very limited percentage of cases confirm citizenship, and most of those will be people who have papers like a drivers license on them already.
This is probably part of the ongoing scare campaign, and serves very little practical purpose.
The “facial recognition” might just do this:
100% This. This is entirely bullshit. This is likely illegal.
You can't do a fascism!! That's illegal!
*Palantir enters the chat
What about the face scans through TSA and customs? I assumed those were going into every 3 letter agencies databases.
It's very likely that they're using a facial recognition database made up of photos from immigration. People on visas, people who've been previously deported, etc.
Dude it doesn't matter if it's legitimate or not, it will just be used as a cudgel against "undesirables" including political opponents.
TSA has been scanning people's faces at security checkpoints for several years now. I've been opting out every time because I figured building a facial recognition database was the end goal.
Sure, sure, until they start doing it and no one stops them.
Opting out how? They have automatically-assembled video footage of you from the moment you stepped out of the vehicle you took to the airport up until the moment you walked off the jetway onto your flight.