"Civil liberties experts warn the expanding use of those systems risks sweeping up citizens and noncitizens alike, often with little transparency or meaningful oversight. Over the past year, Homeland Security and other federal agencies have dramatically expanded their ability to collect, share and analyze people's personal data, thanks to a web of agreements with local, state, federal and international agencies, plus contracts with technology companies and data brokers."
"Across Minnesota and other states where the Department of Homeland Security has surged personnel, officials say enforcement efforts are targeted and focused on serious offenders. But photographs, videos and internal documents paint a different picture, showing agents leaning heavily on biometric surveillance and vast, interconnected databases - highlighting how a sprawling digital surveillance apparatus has become central to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown."
Luis Martinez was stopped in Minneapolis when masked federal agents boxed in his SUV, demanded ID and scanned his face with a cellphone while asking whether he was a U.S. citizen. Federal enforcement surges in Minnesota have been described as targeted, yet photographs, videos and internal documents show agents relying heavily on biometric surveillance and interconnected databases. Over the past year, Homeland Security and other federal agencies expanded their ability to collect, share and analyze personal data through agreements with local, state, federal and international partners and contracts with technology companies and data brokers. Civil liberties experts warn these systems risk sweeping up citizens and noncitizens with little transparency or oversight, and federal operations were followed by agents shooting and killing two U.S. citizens.
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