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In a sign of further scrutiny to come, the House Judiciary Committee has asked ICE for a briefing on its use of state license databases and plans to ask the same of the FBI, a spokeswoman for the panel, which oversees law enforcement, said Tuesday. The documents underscore “the urgent need for substantive federal safeguards on the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement agencies,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.) said in a statement to The Post. “With concern over the use of this technology striking chords with both House Democrats and Republicans, I think it’s safe to assume you’ll be seeing action on the issue in the near future.” Officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Transportation Security Administration and the Secret Service, all of which use facial-recognition software, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which assesses facial-recognition algorithms, are expected to attend the Wednesday hearing. ICE and FBI officials are not.

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