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The DHS Inspector General is launching an audit of DHS privacy practices. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"38.809808887866\"><body readability=\"79.282010157712\"><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security\u2019s watchdog office has launched an audit of the agency\u2019s privacy practices amid allegations that DHS and its components have used facial recognition tools and other technologies to collect data broadly and violate civil liberties.<\/p>\n<p>The audit, according to a Feb. 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warner.senate.gov\/public\/_cache\/files\/6\/f\/6fe11f6b-00fe-4c61-9ede-6a41bb278a1b\/5D1B315FA3941F84B84F521DFCD1AD0B12A3CB5E3CB1F94BC55361FAD45A6FD0.warner-kaine-oig-response-immigration-and-data-security-2.5.26.pdf\">letter<\/a> from DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari and published by Virginia Democratic Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, started the previous day, and is titled \u201cDHS\u2019 Security of Biometric Data and Personally Identifiable Information (PII).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe objective of the audit is to determine how DHS and its components collect or obtain PII and biometric data related to immigration enforcement efforts and the extent to which that data is managed, shared, and secured in accordance with law, regulation, and Departmental policy,\u201d Cuffari wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Cuffari\u2019s letter does not specify the audit\u2019s scope or which agencies, technologies, programs or policies would be scrutinized.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In response to questions from CyberScoop, the DHS IG office indicated that the probe will initially focus on the activities of two department sub-components: Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and the Office of Biometric Identity Management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will begin with OBIM, ICE and could include other components of the Department,\u201d a spokesperson for DHS IG said in an email in response to questions about the audit\u2019s scope.<\/p>\n<p>ICE has become the most visible part of the Trump administration\u2019s broader effort to expand data collection on Americans. The agency \u2013 along with Customs and Border Protection officers, who are sometimes mistaken for ICE agents \u2013 has played <a href=\"https:\/\/fedscoop.com\/dhs-ai-inventory-mobile-fortify-palantir\/\">a leading role<\/a>, helping build a large facial recognition database that DHS can use to identify not only people targeted in immigration raids, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/department-of-homeland-security-intensifies-surveillance-in-immigration-raids-sweeping-in-citizens\">also protestors and legal observers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/obim\">Office of Biometric Identity Management<\/a> is responsible for overseeing these biometric databases\u2014managing, storing, and analyzing information on Americans such as photos, fingerprints, iris scans, license plate numbers and other identifying data.<\/p>\n<p>Cuffari told the senators that the probe \u201cwill address a number of the questions you provided\u201d in their own Jan. 29 letter urging the IG office to investigate \u201cimmigration procurement activities\u201d at the department for constitutional and privacy law violations against Americans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaine.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/20260129lettertodhs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">letter<\/a>, Kaine and Warner highlight several concerns across multiple component agencies, including the mass collection and storage of facial recognition and license plate data, expanding the types and amount of biometric data that can be collected by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the hiring of 30 \u201csocial media surveillance contractors\u201d to build profiles of individuals for immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>DHS\u2019 \u201cproven ambivalence toward observing and upholding constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms of Americans and noncitizens, including freedom of speech and equal protection under the law, leaves us with little confidence that these new and powerful tools are being used responsibly,\u201d the senators wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Senators urged the Inspector General\u2019s office to brief them with a detailed accounting of how the Trump administration has altered DHS data privacy practices and \u201cthe manner and methods by which DHS stores and uses data that contains personally identifying information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They also asked investigators to examine how DHS and ICE ensure their actions comply with the Constitution; how biometric and other personal data is used to detain people; whether the agencies have information-sharing agreements with social media companies; and what data they obtain from <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/data-brokers-california-ccpa-non-compliance-privacy\/\">third-party data brokers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/body> <\/p>\n<footer class=\"single-article__footer\" readability=\"3.2811980033278\">\n<div class=\"author-card\" readability=\"13\">\n<div class=\"author-card__avatar\">\n<figure class=\"author-card__image-wrap\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-card__image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ddi.mohflo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/dhs-privacy-probe-will-focus-on-biometric-tracking-by-ice-obim-1.jpg?w=640&ssl=1\" alt=\"Derek B. 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The hearing covered a full oversight into the Department of Homeland Security, CISA, TSA and S&T. (Photo by Heather Diehl\/Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\" readability=\"1.9778761061947\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/american-oversight-sues-tsa-ice-over-data-sharing-partnership-fight-records\/\"> Watchdog group sues for TSA data sharing agreement with ICE <\/a> <\/h3>\n<p> The lawsuit comes a day after a TSA official vigorously defended the practice as critical to \u201cnational security\u201d in testimony to Congress. <\/p>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. 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(Photo by Jemal Countess\/Getty Images for Fair Share America) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<header class=\"post-item__meta\">\n<h3 class=\"post-item__title\"> <a class=\"post-item__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/congressional-dems-press-governors-to-block-feds-from-accessing-state-dmv-data\/\"> Congressional Dems press governors to block feds from accessing state DMV data <\/a> <\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-item__byline\"> <span class=\"post-item__author\"> <span>By <\/span> <a class=\"post-item__author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/author\/derek-johnson\/\"> Derek B. 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