{"id":25,"date":"2025-12-13T08:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T08:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/how-a-us-citizen-was-scanned-with-ices-facial-recognition-tech\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T08:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T08:01:06","slug":"how-a-us-citizen-was-scanned-with-ices-facial-recognition-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/how-a-us-citizen-was-scanned-with-ices-facial-recognition-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"<div>How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE&#8217;s Facial Recognition Tech<\/div>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This article is a partnership between Reveal and 404 Media.Jesus Guti\u00e9rrez, 23, was walking home one morning from a Chicago gym when he noticed a gray Cadillac SUV with no license plates. He kept walking, shrugging it off. Then the car pulled over and two men got out.The federal immigration officials told him not to run. They then peppered Guti\u00e9rrez with questions: Where are you going? Where are you coming from? Do you have your ID on you?Guti\u00e9rrez is a U.S. citizen. He told the officials this. He didn\u2019t have any identification on him, but, panicking, he tried to find a copy on his phone. The agents put him into the car, where another two agents were waiting, and handcuffed him. Just sit there and be quiet, they said.\ud83d\udca1Has this happened to you or someone you know? Do you have any videos of ICE or CBP scanning people&#8217;s faces? Do you work for either agency? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at joseph@404media.co.Without Guti\u00e9rrez\u2019s ID, the agents resorted to another approach. They took a photo of his face. A short while later, the agents got their answer: \u201cOh yeah, he\u2019s right. He\u2019s saying the right thing. He does got papers,\u201d Guti\u00e9rrez recalled the agents saying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>Jesus Guti\u00e9rrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. 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