Publisher: Mijente / Just Futures Law / Surveillance Resistance Lab
Relevant To: ALPR presentation (August); border/immigration surveillance vendor tracking
Verification Status: Verified
Notes: PDF too large to fetch directly (413 error); content confirmed via Biometric Update’s coverage. Report argues ICE/CBP biometric systems (face, fingerprint, iris, DNA) have become a gateway to a broader surveillance architecture linking immigration records, social media, location data, vehicle records, and commercial datasets — reaching family members, coworkers, journalists, protesters, and legal observers, not just targets. Covers Mobile Fortify app (100,000+ uses in Minnesota/Chicago operations, 15-year data retention, used on minors without consent), RAVEn (ICE analytics combining surveillance footage, biometrics, social media, commercial location data, AND license plate reader records), BI2 Technologies’ $4.6M iris recognition contract, and a proposed AI smart-glasses biometric ID prototype. Directly relevant to ALPR presentation — RAVEn’s integration of LPR data into a biometric surveillance system is a significant vendor-ecosystem finding.