Read about SHSF grant’s to the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law in The Washington Post:

“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have been permitted to run facial-recognition searches on millions of Maryland driver’s license photos without first seeking state or court approval, state officials said — access that goes far beyond what other states allow and that alarms immigration activists in a state that grants special driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants.”

“‘It’s a betrayal of immigrants’ trust for the [state] to turn around and let ICE run warrantless searches on their faces,’ said Harrison Rudolph, a senior associate at Georgetown University Law School’s Center on Privacy and Technology. ‘It’s a bait-and-switch. … ICE is using biometric information in the shadows, without government notice or public approval, to hunt down the most vulnerable people.’”

“Maryland, Rudolph said, appears to be the only state where ICE officials anywhere in the country can run a search as long as they have access to the National Crime Information Center, a widely available law-enforcement database maintained by the FBI, which he called ‘an unprecedented level of access for federal agents — including ICE deportation agents.’”

View the full article online at The Washington Post.

Read about SHSF grant’s to the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law in The Baltimore Sun:

“Harrison Rudolph, a senior associate at the Center on Privacy & Technology at the Georgetown University Law Center, which has tracked facial recognition programs nationwide and backs the bill, said a few other states have such databases and deal with ICE requests for data, but none appear to have provided such sweeping access as Maryland.”

“‘Maryland allows any federal law enforcement officer with a particular type of credential to log directly into the facial recognition system,’ he said. ‘That’s an unprecedented level of access.’”

“Couple that access with facial recognition software — which has been criticized for being error-prone, particularly when assessing people of color and women — and there is reason for concern, Rudolph said.”

View the full article online at The Baltimore Sun.

SHSF grant’s to The Brookings Institution discussed in The Washington Post.

“A new report from the Brookings Institution warns that risk factors such as lackluster sanitation, overcrowding and poor nutrition are creating a “perfect storm” of conditions in CBP detention facilities that could lead to severe outbreaks of the flu and other communicable diseases. The report recommends vaccinating detained migrants as a way of limiting outbreaks.”

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John Hudak and Christine Stenglein of The Brookings Institution share the findings from their SHSF grant in The Dallas Morning News.

“While flu shots will protect countless Americans from the health and life effects of influenza this winter, we explain in new analysis at the Brookings Institution why denying vaccinations to those held in the nation’s immigration detention facilities puts at risk the health of detainees, government employees and the communities surrounding detention facilities.”’

View the full editorial online at The Dallas Morning News.

SHSF grant’s to The Brookings Institution was featured in The Las Vegas Sun.

“State and local officials can and should play an important role in addressing the humanitarian crisis that is America’s treatment of immigrant detainees.

So writes John Hudak of the Brookings Institution in an insightful paper that should be required reading for Nevada leaders at all levels.”

View the full article online at Las Vegas Sun.