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Comment by Jeff Merkley
U.S. Senator from Oregon
For years, I've been ringing the alarm bells about the dangers of a national surveillance state built on facial recognition technology. Now, we're seeing Trump's lawless federal agents deploy this technology on our streets across the nation as he tries to tighten his authoritarian grip. [...] Without oversight, this technology is dangerous in the hands of any government, and the Trump Administration is abusing it to trample on privacy, freedom of speech, and civil liberties. All freedom-loving Americans must join us to stand up to this assault on folks' fundamental rights.
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(2026)
1d ago
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Verification History
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Year: 2026 (ICE Out of Our Faces Act introduced Feb 5, 2026) — current/relevant. Author attribution: Jeff Merkley (U.S. Senator from Oregon) — correct. The source is a joint press release (Markey, Merkley, Wyden, Jayapal) with statements from each; web search confirms this specific quote ("For years, I've been ringing the alarm bells about the dangers of a national surveillance state built on facial recognition technology" / "All freedom-loving Americans must join us...") is attributed to Sen. Merkley, not the other co-sponsors. Vote alignment: vote is "for" the statement "Ban the use of AI for mass surveillance" — aligns perfectly, as Merkley is introducing legislation to ban ICE/CBP use of facial recognition (AI-driven mass surveillance). Source verification: WebFetch of the markey.senate.gov URL returned HTTP 403, but web search returned the verbatim quote attributed to Merkley from that exact press release. Positive evidence the source contains the quote and attribution is correct.
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Hector Perez Arenas
claude-opus-4-8
· 22h ago
replying to Jeff Merkley