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Newsweek
3 minutes ago
- Newsweek
ICE To Buy Eye-Scanning Tech That Could Identify Migrants in Seconds
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to use eye-scanning biometric systems, according to new documents. Procurement documents published on Wednesday show that the agency is seeking to buy access to a service called IRIS, which describes itself as a "national, web-based iris biometric network." Newsweek contacted ICE outside normal working hours for more information via email. Why It Matters President Donald Trump's administration has intensified efforts to remove undocumented migrants, in keeping with the president's hard-line mass deportation policy. The White House has maintained that anyone residing in the United States illegally is a criminal. ICE has faced intense scrutiny over its conduct, becoming a focal point in the national immigration debate. The documents reflect federal agencies' increasing reliance on sophisticated biometric systems to verify identities in the field, with the technologies offering rapid verification capabilities to support enforcement and removal operations. What To Know Newly released procurement documents showed that ICE was in the process of acquiring mobile iris-scanning devices from BI2 Technologies, a tech firm in Massachusetts. Its flagship products—the Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System (MORIS) and the Inmate Identification and Recognition System (IRIS)—are intended to help ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations unit verify the identities of individuals in custody and those encountered during enforcement actions. According to manufacturer materials, the technology allows officers to authenticate identities within seconds and access criminal justice records from multiple jurisdictions once a person is enrolled in a national biometric database. According to BI2, MORIS is compatible with iOS and Android smartphones. Federal agents block people protesting an ICE immigration raid at a licensed cannabis farm near Camarillo, California, on July 10. Federal agents block people protesting an ICE immigration raid at a licensed cannabis farm near Camarillo, California, on July 10. Getty Images Once a subject's iris data is scanned, the technology cross-references more than 265 unique iris characteristics against central registries, such as the Sex Offender Registry, Child Project and Senior Safety Net, 404 Media reported. According to BI2, its systems can be used by law enforcement agencies across the U.S. This marks ICE's first recorded federal contract with BI2 Technologies. Previously, ICE used biometric tools such as the "Mobile Fortify" facial recognition app, which lets agents compare images and fingerprints against Department of Homeland Security databases. Another tool, EDDIE, allows officers to capture and process fingerprints in less than a minute in the field. What People Are Saying BI2 Technologies said on its website: "BI2 Technologies and the nation's sheriffs have created what no other organization in the world—public or private—have been able to accomplish: the implementation of the nation's only secure, encrypted, real-time national criminal justice data sharing network, based on iris recognition technology, which enables law enforcement agencies across the country to positively identify individuals in seconds from virtually anywhere. "The Inmate Identification and Recognition System (I.R.I.S.) positively identifies offenders using the most anatomically unique biometric—the iris. Sheriff's Offices and correctional facilities have been utilizing iris biometric recognition technology for essential responsibilities, such as arrest, inmate intake and booking, inmate release, and authentication of an individual." What Happens Next The specific timeline for deployment of ICE's new mobile iris scanning tools has not been publicly disclosed.
Forbes
3 minutes ago
- Forbes
‘South Park' Episode Mocking Kristi Noem Is Now Streaming
Trey Parker and Matt Stone's controversial South Park Season 27 Episode 2 taking on on Kristi Noem and Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now streaming. The classic Comedy Central satire series kicked off its 27th season on July 23 by skewering President Donald Trump, which prompted a strongly-worded response by the White House. By July 29, it became apparent in a post on the official South Park account on X that ICE, for short was in Parker and Stone's comedic crosshairs for the second episode in Season 27. Note: The remainder of this article features spoilers from the South Park Season 27 Episode 2 episode. In the 20-second clip promoting Episode 2 of South Park Season 27, Mr. Mackay is shown riding in an ICE convoy and pulling up a mask over the bottom half of his face while holding a rifle. Then on Tuesday, South Park posted another teaser on X promoting the upcoming episode — titled Got a Nut — with a photo of Mr. Mackay in his ICE gear standing next to a South Park version of U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, as well as an image of Cartman with a laptop in his bedroom. The teaser for the Got a Nut episode included a short teaser that said, 'When Mr. Mackay loses his job, he desperately tries to find a new way to make a living.' You can see the full post below. As promised, in the episode, South Park Elementary counselor Mr. Mackay loses his job after 26 years because of cuts to Department of Education funding and has to join ICE as a result to make his 'nut' (aka personal expenses). Noem first appears in the episode in an ICE training video shooting puppies, referring to her admission in her book in 2024 about shooting her 'extremely dangerous' family dog. Noem pops up again throughout the episode guiding Mackay and his new fellow ICE officers on the job (and shooting more puppies, including one in pop culture who has surged in popularity this summer). South Park Season 27 Episode 2 — Got a Nut — first aired on Comedy Central on Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The new episodes then began streaming on Thursday at 6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT on Paramount+. Along with mocking ICE, Got a Nut once again went after Trump as well as Vice President V.D. Vance, who serves as the president's version of a Tattoo-like assistant to Trump's Mr. Roarke-like character in a spoof of the TV classic Fantasy Island that takes place a Mar-a-lago. The inclusion of Trump wasn't a huge surprise, considering that the promotional teaser from July 29 included a few seconds of the South Park version of the president rubbing Satan's leg under a table. And yes, Satan makes an appearance in the new South Park episode, too. Elsewhere, the photo of Cartman is a reference to his reaction of Clyde's incendiary new podcast that has a right wing theme that infuriates the perpetual instigator. As a result, Cartman starts his own podcast and becomes a 'master debater." For viewers who don't have Paramount+, the Paramount Global streaming platform offers an ad-based Paramount+ Essential plan, which is $7.99 per month, as well as an ad-free Paramount+ Premium plan for $12.99 per month. 'South Park' Vs. The U.S. Government, Round 2 South Park's X post to tease Season 27 Episode 2 on Tuesday morning prompted a response by the Department of Homeland Security on X later in the day. The DHS post on X included a screengrab of the ICE convoy from South Park's teaser video released on July 29, along with a link directing interested parties to apply to join ICE. In turn, the South Park account took a swipe at the post and the White House's statement about the show not being 'relevant' for the past 20 years by replying on X, 'Wait, so we ARE relevant?' along with the hashtag #eatabagofd---s. South Park Season 27 Episode 2 — Got a Nut — is streaming now on Paramount+.
Yahoo
32 minutes ago
- Yahoo
US lenders weighed reputation rules, not politics, in closing accounts, sources say
By Nupur Anand and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) -Decisions by some major U.S. banks to close accounts were based on rules around reputational risk, people familiar with the matter said, pushing back on President Donald Trump's accusation that he and his conservative supporters were denied services for political reasons. Trump on Tuesday renewed his criticism of JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, saying they discriminated against him by refusing to accept hundreds of millions of dollars in deposits. While banks have been careful not to contradict the president directly and provoke his ire, two industry sources cited regulations under the former President Joe Biden's administration that forced them to weigh reputational risks as the reason lenders have dropped clients or avoided others. The sources declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter. One bank was concerned about this issue when dealing with Trump because of his legal woes during the Biden administration, the first source said. Spokespeople for JPMorgan and Bank of America both said they do not consider political affiliations in banking decisions and welcomed Trump's efforts to change regulations. A source familiar with the matter said that JPMorgan continues to have a banking relationship with members of the Trump family and it also banks a number of campaign accounts linked to Trump. The White House did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment. BIDEN ERA RULES Under the Biden era, regulators who oversaw the banks would judge the lenders' compliance with the rules, which banks said were based on subjective judgments by government supervisors, the first industry source said. Banks were also concerned about whether regulators would punish them for providing services to individuals who faced legal proceedings, like Trump, the first and second sources said. The main U.S. bank regulators -- the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency -- have all directed its supervisors this year to stop considering reputational risk when examining banks, a metric that had drawn industry complaints for being too subjective. "The heart of the problem is regulatory overreach and supervisory discretion," the Bank Policy Institute, an industry group, said in a statement. A looming executive order expected as early as this week would instruct regulators to review banks for "politicized or unlawful debanking" practices, according to a draft reviewed by Reuters. Banks also plan to use the current debate to push the government to clarify anti-money laundering laws and establish a clear federal standard on fair access to financial services, the third source said. NOT ISOLATED Trump's criticism echoed longstanding "debanking" complaints from Republicans, who have accused Wall Street banks of "woke capitalism," as well as denying services to gunmakers, fossil-fuel companies and others perceived to be aligned with the political right. Earlier this year, the Trump organization sued Capital One for closing 300 accounts related to the group. The closures came after thousands of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Capital One declined to comment beyond its earlier legal filings. Trump also drew headlines in January when he blasted banks for debanking at a gathering of business leaders in Davos, Switzerland. Paul Chesser, director, corporate integrity project at the conservative-leaning National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), cited former Kansas Governor and Senator Sam Brownback as among the conservatives who were debanked by JPMorgan and other banks. Brownback wrote in the New York Post that JPMorgan had abruptly canceled his newly opened account for the National Committee for Religious Freedom in 2022. The JPMorgan spokesperson said the decision to close the accounts was not related to politics. "The Senator is fully aware why his accounts were closed," the spokesperson said, without elaborating on the reasons for the closure. Brownback told Reuters he had been given five different reasons by the bank for the account closure and was not certain what the final explanation was. NLPC has raised debanking concerns with BofA and JPMorgan through shareholder proposals, which were not included in the banks' proxies, Chesser said. Bank supervision by government regulators is a mostly confidential process that limits banks from explaining to clients why they are declined services. "Customers should not be in the dark about why they are being de-banked," said Chesser. "Nobody got any explanation. They're totally left in the dark. And that is probably the number one priority." Error while retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data Error while retrieving data
