Some local police have access to an ICE facial recognition app ^22.8%

NPR - By Meg Anderson - 6/19/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 21.8% - Appeal to Authority 15.4% - Availability Heuristic 12.9%

Federal immigration officers often use facial recognition technology to identify immigrants in the field. Now, a newly revealed document from the Department of Homeland Security outlines plans to give local police working on its behalf the same type of technology. The document, first reported earlier this month by the tech news outlet... more

Months after the ICE shootings in Minnesota, a federal probe remains elusive ^39.9%

KUOW Public Radio - By Meg Anderson - 4/10/2026, 8:01 PM

Negativity Bias 22.2% - Hasty Generalization 13.5% - Confirmation Bias 12%

Months after federal immigration agents shot and killed two people and wounded a third in separate incidents during the ICE surge in Minneapolis, the status of the federal investigations into the three shootings remains an open question. In the case of Alex Pretti, a U.S. citizen killed by Border Patrol agents, the Department of Homeland... more

Crime in the U.S. fell in 2025. Will the trend continue? ^80.5%

NPR - By Meg Anderson - 12/24/2025, 10:00 AM

A police officer stands guard as demonstrators marched through downtown Chicago this fall, protesting President Trump's show of federal force aimed at immigration enforcement in the city. Trump called Chicago the "most dangerous city in the world," though crime has fallen there in recent years. Crime fell across much of the U.S. in 2025... more