EFF & 140 Other Organizations Call for an End to AI Use in Immigration Decisions

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EFF Deeplinks blog post; advocacy framing but reports on verifiable coalition letter and Mijente/JFL report. Prior for blog is 0.35; bumped for primary-document linkage and institutional reliability of EFF.

Evidence from this source (4)

• CDEFF and coalition signatories assert that DHS has relied on national-security,… support
  weight

  0.60

  method: journalistic_report · locator: paragraph beginning 'Despite laws, executive orders'

  “the agency has seemingly relied on the loopholes for national security, intelligence gathering, and law enforcement to avoid compliance with those requirements.”

• CDAccording to the Mijente/Just Futures Law report cited by EFF, ICE uses AI to a… support
  weight

  0.70

  method: journalistic_report · locator: paragraph beginning 'ICE uses AI to automate'

  “ICE uses AI to automate its decision-making on electronic monitoring, detention, and deportation.”

• CDAccording to the Mijente/Just Futures Law report cited by EFF, USCIS incorporat… support
  weight

  0.70

  method: journalistic_report · locator: paragraph beginning 'According to the report, AI technology is part of USCIS's process'

  “AI technology is part of USCIS's process to determine eligibility for immigration benefit or relief, credibility in asylum applications, and public safety or national security threat level of an individual.”

• CDDHS has publicly pledged that it will not use AI technology to enable improper… support
  weight

  0.80

  method: journalistic_report · locator: paragraph beginning 'Despite laws, executive orders'

  “DHS's pledge that it 'will not use AI technology to enable improper systemic, indiscriminate, or large-scale monitoring, surveillance or tracking of individuals'”