Federal Data Systems Expand Immigration…Federal Data Systems Expand Immigration Surveillance

Lawyers, researchers and advocates say federal immigration enforcement is increasingly combining government, commercial, biometric and social-media data to identify and track people. Reported examples include facial-recognition tools used in an Oregon operation, requests for millions of driver records and subpoenas seeking to identify online critics. The expansion has prompted lawsuits and privacy concerns, while researchers have also reported profiling and misconduct during enforcement actions.