Homeland Security is making "smart glasses" to collect intelligence on Americans

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The Department of Homeland Security is developing ICE Glasses for real-time biometric identification of individuals, including 'illegal aliens,' using data like facial recognition and walking gait.
An anonymous DHS attorney warns that this technology, while targeted at immigration enforcement, could be applied to general government surveillance, affecting all Americans, particularly protesters.
ICE Glasses build on military and intelligence research, enabling access to databases like ABIS and BEWL, and may secretly record people to add them to domestic watchlists.
Biometric systems like ABIS have grown to contain about 75 million records, with ICE Glasses aiming to replicate this surveillance capability on U.S. soil by September 2027.
FBI Director Kash Patel highlighted expansions in biometric programs and increased matches, while Congress has not publicly commented on the ICE Glasses project despite being notified.
Critics argue that such surveillance is based on fear, undermines trust, and represents a move toward complete control by elites, with some labeling the project a waste of taxpayer money.

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