Issued on: 13/02/2026 - 12:50Modified: 13/02/2026 - 12:55

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are using a new facial recognition smartphone app called Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of both US citizens and immigrants. They point a phone camera at their target and it pulls up the person's immigration status. Previously reserved for use at US borders or criminal investigations, the technology is causing concern among civil rights advocates, who fear widespread digital surveillance on American streets.

FRANCE 24's Jessica Le Masurier brings us the story of a Somali American engineer-turned-Uber driver who filmed his interaction with Border Patrol agents.

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