How are ICE Agents Using Facial Recognition Technology?
From Terms of Service with Clare Duffy by CNN Podcasts
February 24, 2026 · 29 min
About this episode
This episode discusses how ICE agents are using facial recognition technology to identify individuals during immigration enforcement actions.
Amid President Donald Trump's massive immigration crackdown, protesters have shared videos showing ICE agents appearing to photograph or videotape people with their cell phone cameras. The reason why? Investigative journalists at CNN found immigration agents are running facial recognition software to identify people. CNN reporter/producer Yahya Abou-Ghazala explains how this technology works and what it means for people who come into contact with ICE agents. For more information on the legality of President Trump’s immigration crackdown and the protests around it, check out this episode of the CNN podcast One Thing. And to learn more about how TSA uses facial recognition technology at airports, listen to this earlier episode of Terms of Service. Terms of Service is a CNN Podcasts and Goat Rodeo production. This episode was produced by Jay Venables. At Goat Rodeo, the lead producer is Rebecca Seidel, and the executive producers are Megan Nadolski and Ian Enright. At CNN, Matt Martinez is our Senior Producer and Dan Dzula is our Technical Director. Production support from Sofía Sanchez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Guest: Yahya Abou-Ghazala
Topics covered
- facial recognition technology
- immigration enforcement
- ICE agents
- privacy concerns
- protests
- technology in law enforcement
Keywords
- ICE
- facial recognition
- immigration
- Donald Trump
- protests
- technology
- law enforcement
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CNN, Goat Rodeo
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