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Ocelot II

(130,568 posts)
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 12:41 PM Jan 31

This ICE observer lost her Global Entry and Transportation Security Administration travel privileges

three days after an ICE agent identified her using facial recognition.

On the morning of Jan. 10, Nicole Cleland was in her car trailing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent through Richfield, Minn., her hometown.

Suddenly, the agent turned into a series of one-way streets and stopped, getting out of his white Dodge Ram, said Ms. Cleland, who volunteers with a local watchdog group that observes the activity of immigration officers. The agent then walked over to Ms. Cleland’s car and surprised her by addressing her as Nicole.

“He said he had facial recognition and that his body camera was on,” said Ms. Cleland, 56, who had not met the agent before.
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Ms. Cleland, the Richfield resident, said that three days after the encounter with the ICE agent, she received an email from the Department of Homeland Security saying her Global Entry and Transportation Security Administration travel privileges had been revoked. No explanation was provided.


https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IlA.kOFd.2VcHIth041Iq&smid=url-share
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This ICE observer lost her Global Entry and Transportation Security Administration travel privileges (Original Post) Ocelot II Jan 31 OP
Geez, this is getting more and more like the mid-thirties in Germany, imo... Spazito Jan 31 #1
We're already there. 2naSalit Jan 31 #3
Welcome to the New Gulag! Kid Berwyn Jan 31 #2

Spazito

(55,563 posts)
1. Geez, this is getting more and more like the mid-thirties in Germany, imo...
Sat Jan 31, 2026, 12:46 PM
Jan 31

I have no words.

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