"Automated artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surveillance tools are being deployed to track migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the US, raising serious human rights concerns, according to a report by Amnesty International. Amnesty's analysis of documents obtained from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) highlights how two systems in particular - Babel X, provided by Babel Street, and Palantir's Immigration OS - have automated monitoring and mass surveillance capabilities that are being used to underpin the government's aggressive immigration enforcement operations."
""It is deeply concerning that the US government is deploying invasive AI-powered technologies within a context of a mass deportation agenda," said Erika Guevara-Rosas, senior director for research, advocacy, policy and campaigns at Amnesty International. "The coercive Catch and Revoke initiative, facilitated by AI technologies, risks supercharging arbitrary and unlawful visa revocations, detentions, deportations and violations of a slew of human rights.""
Automated AI surveillance tools are being deployed to track migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the US, creating significant human rights risks. Babel X and Palantir's Immigration OS provide automated monitoring and mass surveillance capabilities used in immigration enforcement. Babel X collects names, emails, phone numbers, IP addresses, employment records and mobile advertising IDs that reveal device locations, and monitors social media. These tools feed into the State Department's AI-driven "Catch and Revoke" initiative, which combines social media monitoring, visa status tracking and automated threat assessments of visa holders. The practice has been criticised for violating First Amendment rights and could lead to mass visa revocations, deportations and other human rights violations.
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