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ICE used facial recognition to scan driver's license photos in some states. Illinois says it has turned down ICE requests.

CHICAGO - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, has used facial recognition technology to comb through millions of driver's license photos, a move experts say violates the privacy of both immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and at risk of deportation, and legal residents and citizens.

The searches were uncovered in documents obtained through public record requests by Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy and Technology. They found

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