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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴The horrors persist, but so do I ✨️
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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dcmigrantmutualaid.org
When the expanded occupation began, the MSMA hotline became the hotline for reporting all police & fed activity in the DMV area. Our operators stepped up to triple-staff our 24-7 hotline. We created post detention teams.

In Sep, we launched Film the Police DC alongside Harriet’s Wildest Dreams.
Hotline & Film the Police DC When the expanded occupation began in August, the MSMA hotline became the hotline for reporting all police & fed activity in the DMV area. Our operators stepped up to triple-staff our 24-7 hotline. Also, our admin team quickly adapted our systems, built more infrastructure, and trained more operators to handle the influx of calls, texts & emails. Since Aug 12, the hotline team fielded: • 4,750 incoming calls • Thousands of text messages • 227 intakes for detained people for legal referrals & mutual aid • Requests for the DMV Accompaniment Network On Sep 2, we launched Film the Police DC in collaboration with Harriet's Wildest Dreams. Since then, we have received over 900 emails with photos & videos. Accompaniment & Post Detention Care We formed Post Detention Care teams who have been reaching out to families who have had loved ones detained since August. We then connect them with our existing mutual aid and legal resources as well as a team from a local faith institution or community group to create a pod of ongoing support for the impacted family. Since the expanded occupation began, our comrades at the DMV Accompaniment Network (DAN) have done 65 accompaniments to immigration check-ins, appointments, or court. They also have significantly grown their volunteer network in the past 3 months, adding 120 new volunteers and hosting 7 trainings, covering DC, Baltimore, Towson, Herndon, Centreville, Warrenton, and Chevy Chase.
October 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM