Massachusetts police share fingerprint data with ICE despite limits, report says
A new report from Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) says Massachusetts police departments, sheriffs, courts, and other justice system actors…
ICE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Smart glasses and the new DHS surveillance budget
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget justification lays out an expansive biometric and identity tech…
Lawmakers press DHS, ICE over Palantir surveillance tools
A group of congressional Democrats is demanding that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) explain how they are using Palantir-developed…
ICE surveillance app comes under scrutiny in Oregon court fight
A federal court case in Oregon has put a new light on how Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers used…
DHS quietly built pathway to track Americans through advertising data economy
For years, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) quietly experimented with turning the digital advertising ecosystem into a surveillance tool….
Biometrics, big data and the new counterintelligence battlefield
A recent report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) warns that the digital infrastructure at the core…
Class action challenges DHS’ use of facial recognition against protesters
A class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine accuses Homeland Security Secretary Kristi…
ICE to outsource decisions about what surveillance tools to buy next
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing to hand a private contractor the keys to its surveillance future, outsourcing the…
ICE use of commercial phone tracking tool draws congressional scrutiny
A group of Democratic lawmakers on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform are pressing Department of Homeland Security…
Lawmakers challenge ICE surveillance expansion as questions mount over DHS oversight
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree last week introduced legislation aimed at curbing what she and civil liberties advocates describe as an…
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