Tech consultant dismisses privacy concerns in push for AI-powered immigration law enforcement

There’s a need to share facial recognition data across federal agencies -- a move that has so far been restricted due to privacy concerns -- in order to more effectively apprehend criminals exploiting the U.S. immigration system, tech consultant Doug Gilmer testified before the House Oversight Committee’s panel on information technology.

“We have advanced technologies, facial recognition technology, pattern matching technology that could be used to solve a vast array of crime, and can be used to identify victims of...