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ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to verify citizenship

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Re: ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to verify citizenship

#131
When I saw them do iris scanning during Iraq War I instantly knew that was coming to US police sooner or later, I guess this is the new easier method

The crazy thing is though these people don't even have an identifying badge number and their license plates are often fake, zero repercussions for anything and they know it

Imagine by 2028 what's going down if this is still the first year

Re: ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to verify citizenship

#132

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And what of the non-criminals? Are you glad that the government doesnt seem to care it is wantonly violating their rights?

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> invasion

Don't think this meets either the common or legal definition of "invasion"

>you decided it was "racist" and threw a fit every time anyone suggested it was a problem.

I decided nothing, buddy.

>If you hadn't let it become an issue,

Interesting, because the last time it was about to be taken up by congress, DJT said not to do anything about it, for political advantage. Neither side has its hands clean here.

> it wouldn't require this response.

This is the only possible response? How unimaginitive.

Re: ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to verify citizenship

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Don’t fall for the lie that this is at all about illegal immigration- that is just an excuse for what has become state sponsored KKK style racial terrorism operating completely outside the law. Videos all over the Internet show them violently attacking and terrorizing hispanic looking people with no concern for if they are citizens or not. At the Wilder raid in Idaho they were shooting children with rubber bullets, a…

It is absolutely insane that the party who tried on the Libertarian mask less than 20 years ago and rode high on a wave of "don't tread on me" individual liberty is now suddenly ok with masked thugs scanning everyone's faces for their master database of enemies of the state.

It's not insane when you recognize the animus behind both is white nationalism and racism. Tea Party was a response to Obama being President, not so much the taxes as they claim.

Re: ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to verify citizenship

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SCOTUS has endorsed using "apparent ethnicity" as grounds for a stop: https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/09/justice-brett-kavanaugh-a... Bovino says they do profile people on how they look: > “Then, obviously, the particular characteristics of an individual, how they look. How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said to the reporter, a tall, middle-aged man of Anglo descent. https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/…

Absolutely. I'm a legal immigrant, but delays in processing and other things when I had to adjust status after divorcing from my US citizen wife (I moved here on a K-1 fiance visa) had me involving an immigration attorney, who made the comment, "I hate saying this, but it's true. You're the right color, and with where you're coming from (Australia), nobody cares about checking up on you."

All those illegal Polish immigrants in Chicagoland (of which there are many) seem to be doing just fine.

Re: ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to verify citizenship

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that has nothing to do with this

SCOTUS has endorsed using "apparent ethnicity" as grounds for a stop: https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/09/justice-brett-kavanaugh-a... Bovino says they do profile people on how they look: > “Then, obviously, the particular characteristics of an individual, how they look. How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said to the reporter, a tall, middle-aged man of Anglo descent. https://www.wbez.org/immigration/2025/09/…

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Re: ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to verify citizenship

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I wonder if this is a portend to an American social credit score, like where China uses facial recognition to identify criminals at concerts[1], and jaywalkers, etc. which severely impacts a person's ability to get a job, housing, etc. I can't help but assume this is already being used at retail establishments, but now it could be tied into law enforcement databases, and .. communicate..

Those systems depend on enforcement. If a private system keeps score and gate keeps you usually have alternatives (utilities excluded), if it’s the gov and they decide to enforce it, then things get dire…

But what if Target security cooperates with the government, and they share capabilities, so that a facial recognition inside of a Target location would notify law enforcement who also has an interest in that person? In such a scenario.. Target would freely give its data but not necessarily acting an agent of the government.

Re: ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to verify citizenship

#138

The absolutely outrageous thing is that apparently they are instructed to ignore all other evidence of citizenship if that app says someone is not a citizen. So even if you have your birth certificate ready, doesn't matter. This is completely lawless. From the article: > He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and…

Birth certificates and driver's licenses can be and are routinely faked by everyone from high school students to foreign agents. Faces cannot be faked.

Re: ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to verify citizenship

#139

Do people think they are clever and can have defacto open borders? Maybe stop the goon squads and enforce at the employer level though it would probably work too well…

Most of these people have SSNs and work permits. We let them in and let them work legally and now have suddenly changed our collective mind and are violently letting them know. It's absurd.
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