Description: On 01/10/2026 near Minneapolis, Minnesota, legal observer Nicole Cleland reportedly stated that a CBP Border Patrol agent stopped her vehicle, addressed her by name, and claimed agents used facial recognition to identify her while recording on body cam. She reportedly had her Global Entry and TSA PreCheck revoked on 01/13/2026, which she alleged was retaliatory intimidation, causing travel burden and chilling effects.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: NEC developed an AI system deployed by United States Customs and Border Protection , United States Border Patrol , Unnamed United States Border Patrol agent , United States Department of Homeland Security and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which harmed Nicole Cleland , Legal observers , Immigration enforcement observers , General public and General public of the United States.
Alleged implicated AI systems: Mobile Fortify and Facial recognition technology
Incident Stats
Incident ID
1362
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2026-01-10
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
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Minnesota resident Nicole Cleland had her Global Entry and TSA PreCheck privileges revoked three days after an incident in which she observed activity by immigration agents, the woman said in a court declaration. An agent told Cleland that …
Variants
A "variant" is an AI incident similar to a known case—it has the same causes, harms, and AI system. Instead of listing it separately, we group it under the first reported incident. Unlike other incidents, variants do not need to have been reported outside the AIID. Learn more from the research paper.
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