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Live facial recognition in Immigration Enforcement

This page provides information about how live facial recognition is used by Immigration Enforcement to support its operational duties.

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Immigration Enforcement uses live facial recognition (LFR) to identify and locate people they are looking for as part of their law enforcement duties.

Facial recognition is a technology that can compare a human face in a digital image with a watchlist of faces.

Live facial recognition (LFR)

Live facial recognition (LFR) compares a live camera feed of faces against a predetermined watchlist in real time. It is used to locate and identify people who are of interest by generating an alert when a possible match is found.

More information on live facial recognition (LFR) can be found in the documents below.