ACLU sues ICE for its algorithm used to recommend if people arrested for immigration violations should be let go, argues it's rigged to detain nearly everyone
In 2013, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement quietly began using a software tool to recommend whether people arrested … Tweets: @chadloder , @theintercept , @jvagle , and @theintercept Tweets: Chad Loder / @chadloder : In news that will surprise nobody. https://twitter.com/... @theintercept : Between 2013 and 2017, the algorithm recommended detention without bond for “low risk” individuals 53 percent of the time. But from June 2017 — shortly after President Donald Trump took office — to September 2019, that number exploded to 97 percent. https://theintercept.com/... Jeffrey Vagle / @jvagle : Algorithms are not neutral. Data are not neutral. Especially when they're gamed. https://twitter.com/... @theintercept : “The federal government's sweeping detention dragnet means that people who pose no flight or safety risk are being jailed as a matter of course — in an unlawful trend that is getting worse.” https://theintercept.com/...