U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are deploying a mobile app called ‘Mobile Fortify’ to conduct real-time facial recognition scans on individuals in the field. Videos circulating on social media show officers stopping people, including minors, and scanning their faces to verify identity and citizenship status when physical ID is not present. Leaked agency emails reveal the app can use a phone’s camera for biometric verification against government databases, with a match being considered a ‘definitive’ status determination. This practice represents a significant escalation of warrantless surveillance, allowing federal agents to perform on-the-spot biometric searches without prior suspicion. Civil liberties groups have heavily criticized the program, highlighting that Congress has never explicitly authorized this type of mobile, suspicionless identity check, which carries substantial risks for privacy, due process, and wrongful arrests.