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10 Mar, 5 tweets, 2 min read
BREAKING: We’re calling on DHS and CBP to withdraw a proposed regulation that would dramatically expand the use of face recognition technology at airports.
This rule would allow CBP to require all noncitizens entering or exiting the US to submit to face recognition, and would allow CBP to collect “faceprints” for future use.

DHS can store these faceprints for up to 75 years and law enforcement can use them for unrelated purposes.
We can’t let that happen. CBP has a long history of abuse and discriminatory profiling. Giving the agency one more tool to surveil travelers will only harm immigrant communities.
This plan is unjustified, unnecessary, and dangerous. Once the government acquires a person's faceprint, it creates a risk of an unprecedented form of persistent surveillance. Our faces can be monitored covertly, at a distance, and without our consent.

aclu.org/news/immigrant…
DHS must withdraw this rule, and the Biden administration must take action on face recognition before it further entrenches dystopian surveillance that threatens all of our privacy.

action.aclu.org/petition/tell-…

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