A group of senators has penned a sternly-worded letter to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) saying that they're very worried about the agency's use of facial recognition in its mission to cleanse the nation of immigrants with improper documents.

Seven Democratic senators, led by Senator Edward Markey (D-MA), sent a letter to ICE acting director Todd Lyons on Thursday asking the agency to immediately cease use of a mobile biometric identification app known as Mobile Fortify over concerns about bias, inaccuracy, and a chilling effect on civil rights in the US.

The Senators wrote that Mobile Fortify is a particular concern to them because it's available as a smartphone app, meaning that any agent who happens to have access to a cellular network can use it, without having to f

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