Black Migrants Bear Brunt of ICE's Facial Recognition Push

Black migrants are disproportionately exposed to the surveillance systems using facial recognition in the first place.

Facial recognition is now used well beyond identity verification at airports and ports of entry.

Racial bias is a design element of facial recognition The racial bias inherent to facial recognition technology’s function starts before it is ever used at a border.

From historic Black Codes to facial recognition Black codes The racialized, uneven consequences of these technologies often go unscrutinized.

While the racialized error rates associated with facial recognition technology are indeed concerning, facial recognition technology still causes real harm when it operates as intended, as it functions within existing systems of power.