United States, Nationwide
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
AI mobile device forensics triage
ProposedOfficial publicationPAI-7C87E1C5
- Body
- US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Country
- United States
- Area
- Nationwide
- Technology
- AI mobile device forensics triage
- Supplier
- Not stated in the source
- Status
- Proposed
Planned by a named body: a procurement, approved budget, announced pilot or consultation. Not yet in use. - Stage
- On the horizon
- Since
- Not known
- Legal basis
- Not stated in the source
- Oversight
- Not stated in the source
- Evidence
- Official publication
Police force, government department or public body publication - Source
- Office of Management and Budget, 2025 federal AI use case inventory (DHS-2552)
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-7C87E1C5
Notes
The DHS 2025 AI Use Case Inventory (entry DHS-2552, as consolidated by the Office of Management and Budget) lists 'Mobile Device Forensics for Investigations' as pre-deployment, with no operational date. The entry says the platform would suggest category tags for extracted media and apps, decode app artefacts such as chats, contacts and locations, and predict whether a media file was captured on the extracted device or came from elsewhere. DHS presumed the use high-impact and determined it is not.
Other systems used by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Immigration and Customs EnforcementImmigration Case Management and Targeting (Palantir) | United StatesNationwide | Palantir Technologies | 2014 | Operational | |
| US Immigration and Customs EnforcementFederal Mobile Biometric Identification (Mobile Fortify) | United StatesNationwide, including 287(g) partner agencies | NEC, per the DHS AI inventory (CBP's vendor; ICE has no direct contract); built on CBP's Traveler Verification Service; first reported by 404 Media | 2025 | Operational | |
| US Immigration and Customs EnforcementAI-enhanced tip processing (large language model summaries of web tips) | United StatesNationwide | Palantir Technologies | 2025 | Operational | |
| US Immigration and Customs EnforcementHurricane Score (abscondment risk score for Alternatives to Detention) | United StatesNationwide (Enforcement and Removal Operations, Alternatives to Detention programme) | Developed in-house by ICE | 2019 | Operational | |
| US Immigration and Customs EnforcementLicence plate reader data: commercial database queries and AI plate capture and analysis | United StatesNationwide (Enforcement and Removal Operations and Homeland Security Investigations) | Motorola Solutions (per the DHS inventory); West Publishing (Thomson Reuters) for commercial plate data, per Biometric Update | — | Operational | |
| US Immigration and Customs EnforcementSmartLINK facial verification for Alternatives to Detention remote check-ins | United StatesNationwide | BI | 2018 | Operational | |
| US Immigration and Customs EnforcementAI-assisted resume screening for recruitment | United StatesNationwide | AIS | 2026 | Operational | |
| US Immigration and Customs EnforcementReal-time AI translation for field operations | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Proposed | |
| US Immigration and Customs EnforcementAI open-source research for lead identification and targeting | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Proposed |
AI mobile device forensics triage elsewhere in United States
See them in the tracker| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Secret ServiceLicence plate reading from poor-quality images and video (forensic) | United StatesNationwide | Amped (as listed in the inventory) | 2025 | Operational | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsTRM Labs blockchain analysis | United StatesNationwide | TRM Labs | 2022 | Operational | |
| ICE Homeland Security InvestigationsCellebrite media classifier for digital evidence | United StatesNationwide | Cellebrite | 2023 | Operational | |
| US Customs and Border ProtectionTRM Labs cryptocurrency analysis | United StatesNationwide | TRM Labs | 2025 | Operational | |
| US Customs and Border ProtectionAI triage of smartphone content during inspection | United States | — | — | Proposed | |
| Drug Enforcement AdministrationDrug Signature Program models (origin and manufacturing route of seized drugs) | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Operational | |
| Drug Enforcement AdministrationFriction ridge print comparison and print-card character recognition | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Operational | |
| Drug Enforcement AdministrationFinancial and cryptocurrency analysis tools (federal partner and commercial) | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Operational | |
| US Department of JusticeAI features in digital forensics tools (for example Cellebrite, Magnet Axiom, Griffeye) | United StatesNationwide | Cellebrite, Magnet Axiom and Griffeye (examples named in the inventory) | — | Operational |