Every Cochise County Police Agency Will Soon Use the Same Iris Scanners ICE Deploys

Every law enforcement agency in Cochise County, Arizona will soon adopt the same iris-scanning biometric technology used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the county sheriff’s office announced with backing from the Western States Sheriffs’ Association. Civil liberties advocates warn that spreading the surveillance tech to every municipal police department deepens the data-sharing pipeline feeding federal immigration enforcement.