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Comment by Edward J. Markey

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U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
ICE and CBP agents are using facial recognition technologies to track, target, and surveil individuals across the country. The Trump administration isn't deploying these tools to maintain public safety. They are doing so to silence lawful speech and to punish dissent. I'm proud to introduce the ICE Out of Our Faces Act to stop this unaccountable, authoritarian use of facial recognition technologies. Big Brother has no place in a democracy, and we will not allow these Orwellian tools to take root here.
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Markey, Jayapal, Merkley, Wyden Introduce Bill to Ban ICE and CBP Use of Facial Recognition Technology Amid Trump's Rapidly Growing Surveillance State.
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AI Verified The quote explicitly says facial recognition is being used to track, target, and surveil people and calls it authoritarian; that directly bears on banning AI for mass surveillance. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The quote clearly opposes facial-recognition surveillance and supports banning it, so the recorded answer for is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Authored quote appears verbatim in the same 2026-02-05 Jayapal press release and is attributed to Edward J. Markey; the page contains the exact facial-recognition surveillance language. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 1h ago
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