{
  "version": "3.33",
  "compiled": "2026-10-09",
  "site": "https://stateofwatch.com",
  "claim": {
    "id": "bi2-iris-scanners",
    "section": 4,
    "title": "ICE buys iris scanners from BI2 Technologies",
    "date": "May 27, 2026",
    "sort": "2026-05-27",
    "status": "verified",
    "checked": null,
    "note": "Fully confirmed, direct primary quote.",
    "category": "face",
    "body": "ICE awarded a no-bid ceiling contract to BI2 Technologies, providing access to I.R.I.S., \"a database of more than five million booking, arrest, and incarceration records from 47 US states.\" Potentially 1,770 devices on US streets by end of May 2027.",
    "quotes": [
      {
        "text": "US immigration cops have doled out about $25.1 million to a company called Bi2 Technologies for 1,570 biometric recognition devices",
        "from": "The Register"
      }
    ],
    "sources": [
      {
        "label": "The Register"
      },
      {
        "label": "NPR, May 27"
      },
      {
        "label": "FedScoop"
      },
      {
        "label": "Biometric Update"
      },
      {
        "label": "Brennan Center"
      }
    ],
    "places": [],
    "url": "https://stateofwatch.com/claims/bi2-iris-scanners"
  }
}