House Democrats introduced legislation that if passed would force federal immigration enforcement agents to wear a public-facing identification in the form of a clearly visible and scannable QR code during enforcement actions.
The measure, H.R. 7233, was introduced last week by Rep. Ritchie Torre, a Democrat from New York, and referred to the House judiciary and homeland security committees. It currently has two cosponsors, Democratic Reps. Darren Soto and Shri Thanedar, and has taken no steps beyond initial referral.
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The problem I see is if they’re too small. Maybe somebody records an agent doing something fucked up, but unless you can nab a high fidelity screenshot showing the QR code clearly, does it really matter if it’s there?
It would be good to have a digital database tracking each agent, saying “so-and-so was spotted at such-and-such place doing this-and-that; here are some photos and video evidence.”
Or “Here’s a group of ICE thugs brutalizing a bystander. Here are the QR codes that were spotted.”
But again, that all depends on people actually being able to scan the QR codes…