## Colophon tags:: url:: https://archive.is/sv8cL date:: [[]] %% title:: The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown… type:: [[clipped-note]] author:: [[@archive.is]] %% ## Notes > The contracts, most of which were initiated under the Biden administration, included ones for tools that can rapidly prove family relationships with a DNA test to check whether, say, an adult migrant crossing the border with a minor are related. (Families are often treated differently from individuals.) Other systems compare biometrics against criminal records, alert agents to changes in address, follow cars with license plate readers, and rip and analyze data from phones, hard drives and cars. — [view in context](https://hyp.is/xbXYaN1WEe-rNk-EdeAcqg/archive.is/sv8cL) > How Mr. Trump may apply the tools is unknown, especially as the whereabouts of many immigrants are known and the government faces a shortage of officers and facilities to detain people.But Mr. Trump has already made clear that his immigration agenda is strikingly different from his predecessor’s. This week, he announced a barrage of executive actions to lock down the borders and expel migrants and those seeking asylum. — [view in context](https://hyp.is/80dLSt1WEe-Oq0OGBbtiig/archive.is/sv8cL) > A White House spokesman declined to comment. ICE said in a statement that it “employs various forms of technology, and information to fulfill its mission, while protecting privacy, and civil rights and liberties in accordance with applicable laws.” — [view in context](https://hyp.is/AxBpMN1XEe-B8J-qW1U6Sg/archive.is/sv8cL) - Annotation: "in accordance with applicable laws" > The contracts, most of which were initiated under the Biden administration, included ones for tools that can rapidly prove family relationships with a DNA test to check whether, say, an adult migrant crossing the border with a minor are related. (Families are often treated differently from individuals.) Other systems compare biometrics against criminal records, alert agents to changes in address, follow cars with license plate readers, and rip and analyze data from phones, hard drives and cars. — [view in context](https://hyp.is/xbXYaN1WEe-rNk-EdeAcqg/archive.is/sv8cL) > How Mr. Trump may apply the tools is unknown, especially as the whereabouts of many immigrants are known and the government faces a shortage of officers and facilities to detain people.But Mr. Trump has already made clear that his immigration agenda is strikingly different from his predecessor’s. This week, he announced a barrage of executive actions to lock down the borders and expel migrants and those seeking asylum. — [view in context](https://hyp.is/80dLSt1WEe-Oq0OGBbtiig/archive.is/sv8cL) > A White House spokesman declined to comment. ICE said in a statement that it “employs various forms of technology, and information to fulfill its mission, while protecting privacy, and civil rights and liberties in accordance with applicable laws.” — [view in context](https://hyp.is/AxBpMN1XEe-B8J-qW1U6Sg/archive.is/sv8cL) - Annotation: "in accordance with applicable laws"