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ICE Facial Recognition App Mobile Fortify Reportedly Misidentified Woman Twice During Immigration Enforcement in Oregon

October 15, 2025

During an immigration enforcement operation in Oregon, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers allegedly utilized the facial recognition application Mobile Fortify to identify a detained woman. The system reportedly provided two distinct and incorrect identities for the same individual across separate scans, highlighting concerns about the safety and reliability of such systems. This incident underscores the importance of trustworthy AI, AI governance, and safe and secure AI practices. For those interested in shaping responsible AI decision-making and preventing incidents like this, consider joining Project Cerebellum and exploring how HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM can help Govern, Map, Measure, or Manage such risks. JOIN US

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Alleged deployer
united-states-immigration-and-customs-enforcement, united-states-customs-and-border-protection
Alleged developer
united-states-department-of-homeland-security
Alleged harmed parties
individuals-subject-to-immigration-enforcement, unnamed-woman-detained-by-united-states-immigration-and-customs-enforcement

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/1353

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

When citing the database as a whole, please use:

McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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