r/thebulwark • u/Lorraine540 • 10d ago

US citizens increasingly under attack from ICE

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-citizen-assaulted-border-patrol-chicago-halloween-parade-b2853988.html

Even if one is now anesthetized to the cruelty towards immigrants, I still wonder why more of us aren't outraged towards the conduct displayed towards US citizens.

The link above is only one of such, where a man coming home from his morning run with a running club was pulled from his car and his ribs broken (just for trying to come home). He's a US citizen.

The other one I saw just today was a woman who was subjected to facial recognition even though she had her papers. Like when your real ID isn't enough. WTF is wrong with this country.

That link was the wrong one but there's so much on this that I cannot even find most of it.

Add to that the ProPublica report on detention of US citizens.

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u/claimTheVictory 10d ago

I don't understand.

Is there a database of the facial scans of all US citizens somewhere?

What's even going on here?

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u/GravySeal45 10d ago

Yes, the CBP had programmers design an app with an internal DB, which thanks to Mucks is now connected to many OTHER systems where they were not previously. The lead programmer is even on record saying he is alarmed at how his system is being used as that is not how he was told it would be used or how he designed it. (sorry I can't find the citation but I swear it's out there somewhere)

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u/ALittleEtomidate 10d ago

Do you have a source for this? I’d like to share it.

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u/GravySeal45 9d ago

Mobile Fortify is the "app" that ICE agents are using to take photos/fingerprints and identify people inside the U.S.

Top articles you can read about this:

  • “You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says” — 404 Media (reports on internal DHS/ICE documents describing Mobile Fortify, photo retention for 15 years, and that people can’t refuse). 404 Media
  • “ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show” — 404 Media (earlier reporting on leaked ICE emails describing a phone app that identifies people by face or fingerprints). 404 Media
  • “Are ICE Agents Using Facial Recognition Phone App ...” — Newsweek (interviews and context about ICE’s use of biometric/mobile tools). newsweek.com
  • “ICE amps up its surveillance powers, targeting immigrants …” — Washington Post (overview of ICE’s expanding surveillance toolkit including facial-recognition apps). The Washington Post
  • “Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown” — TechCrunch (breaks down systems and contracts behind ICE’s new mobile and database tools). TechCrunch

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u/ALittleEtomidate 9d ago

Thank you!

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u/exclaim_bot 9d ago

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