Andrew Sage

Grok, is this real?

Yeah, but CDP-1 was effectively determinative for migrants, right?

We've covered this in great detail here.

There were some public records.

about CBP1 that I've looked at extensively.

The sort of too-long-didn't-read version is the app did not work well on Android phones, especially previous generation Android phones, which are very common among people coming from the global south.

The facial liveness scan.

So what the facial liveness scan does is that, let's say Robert is coming to the US, right?

They wanted to check that...

the phone is being held by Robert that it's not been held and someone's not holding up a photograph of Robert in front of the camera right so you sort of move it around and it determines that it's a real 3D face not a photograph it really struggled with black faces I've seen this first hand all this stuff does it's the same thing with like how there have been like motion activated faucets and stuff that wouldn't recognize dark skin yeah it's a data set that they put in right to my understanding yeah

The results of those scans were determinative for migrants, right?

It could determine their ability to make an asylum appointment and therefore to enter the US and make a claim for asylum.

This caused people to remain in various, very dangerous situations.

It has probably led to people dying.

It's another example of why we have to pay attention to the border if we want to know what's coming down the pipe domestically.

And talking of shit that is coming down the pipe from the border domestically, I want to talk about public lands again.

Because Utah Senator Mike Lee is back on his bullshit.

This time he has another bill.

People will remember that Mike Lee tried to insert in the budget reconciliation bill a massive sell off of public lands.

Right.