ICE Out of Our Faces Act
House Bill Would Ban ICE, CBP From Using Facial Recognition in Immigration Enforcement
Legislative Progress
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.
Impact Analysis
Personal Impact
ICE and CBP officers and employees would lose access to facial recognition and biometric surveillance tools they currently use in their work. Officers who violate the ban could face retraining, suspension, or termination. This restricts the technology toolkit available to immigration enforcement personnel and adds new compliance requirements and potential personal liability to their jobs.
Broader Impacts
Milestones
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.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
News
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Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
ICE Out of Our Faces Act
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