House Democrats introduced legislation that if passed would force federal immigration enforcement agents to wear a public-facing identification in the form of a clearly visible and scannable QR code during enforcement actions.
The measure, H.R. 7233, was introduced last week by Rep. Ritchie Torre, a Democrat from New York, and referred to the House judiciary and homeland security committees. It currently has two cosponsors, Democratic Reps. Darren Soto and Shri Thanedar, and has taken no steps beyond initial referral.
Such a stupid idea. Just give them a normal ID you can look up, why should it be a QR code?
A QR code is just that, a modern version of a code you can look up. However, I would worry that it might be hard to scan or read from a casual or safe distance if it’s not large enough on their uniform.
Exactly, it does nothing more than a regular code, except you cannot memorize it and it relies on your getting a good picture.
I also havent found clarification of what the QR would point to. One of the ideas I saw was a page with the agents name and other info, which means they would be able to collect information on people scanning these codes.
Except you MUST have a phone or other recording device available to record it.
An ID number can be memorized.
Or a camera. I don’t see why the QR code couldn’t have the number underneath. It doesn’t need to be a tracking device.