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Congress·In Committee·H.R. 7363

House Bill Would Ban ICE, CBP From Using Facial Recognition in Immigration Enforcement

ICE Out of Our Faces Act

about 2 months ago·View on Congress.gov
Part of: Democrats Push to Ban Biometric Surveillance by ICE and CBP

Legislative Progress

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Key Points

  • This bill would stop immigration officers from using facial recognition software to identify people. It applies to officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and local police who are authorized to help with immigration enforcement.
  • The ban includes more than just face scanning. It also stops the use of technology that tracks how a person walks or uses their voice to identify them from a distance. It even bans software that tries to guess a person's emotions or who they are hanging out with based on their physical traits.
  • If this becomes law, the government would have 30 days to delete all the biometric data they have already collected for these systems. This means any photos or recordings used for these tracking programs would have to be erased permanently.
  • People who are tracked illegally by these systems would have the right to sue the federal government for money and other damages. State attorneys general could also take the government to court to protect their residents from these surveillance tools.
  • The goal of the policy is to protect the privacy of people in the United States by preventing the government from using high-tech tools to monitor their movements and personal lives without their permission.
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Impact Analysis

Personal Impact

Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

Broader Impacts

Score
Scores: -5 (harmful) to +5 (beneficial)Short-term: 0-2 yearsLong-term: 10-30 years

Political Response

Milestones

2 milestones2 actions
Feb 4, 2026House

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Feb 4, 2026

Introduced in House

1 Article

news_articleCenter Left

Democrats fear body cameras could be ICE's new mass surveillance tool

Related Bills

1 bill
S. 3779Identical bill

ICE Out of Our Faces Act

Feb 4 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

ICE Out of Our Faces Act

Bill NumberHR 7363
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Sponsor

Cosponsors

(7)
D: 7

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