Overview

• ICE agents have received training to use Mobile Fortify on ICE-issued phones to capture contactless fingerprints and facial images during field operations.
• The app matches biometric data against CBP’s Traveler Verification Service and DHS’s Seizure and Apprehension Workflow, an intelligence aggregator combining search and seizure records.
• Public records reveal ICE holds multimillion-dollar contracts with Clearview and Palantir and accesses Flock Safety’s nationwide license plate reader network.
• Civil liberties advocates warn that high false-match rates and minimal oversight risk wrongful arrests and threaten due process.
• The Department of Homeland Security has not clarified how Mobile Fortify is being deployed, prompting calls for transparency and regulatory safeguards.