HHS plans nationwide biometric sponsor vetting network linked to Palantir
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning a nationwide biometric identity vetting network for people seeking…
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ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration
ICE intends to award LexisNexis Risk Solutions a sole-source contract worth an estimated $6.7 million to continue supplying investigative data…
UN moves to renew Palantir deal despite unresolved privacy, governance risks
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is preparing to renew a five-year agreement with Palantir Technologies even though a…
Leaked ICE inventory maps sprawling surveillance and analytics ecosystem
A leaked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) document offers one of the clearest views yet of how investigators can…
ICE smart glasses plan adds to lawmaker concerns over Palantir, mobile biometric enforcement
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) push to develop biometric smart glasses for immigration agents is intensifying concerns in Congress…
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…
CBP intelligence platform sits at intersection of border enforcement and domestic surveillance
When a Border Patrol agent photographed a peaceful observer of an immigration enforcement action in Portland, Maine last month, he…
ICE using data and probability to decide where to detain and arrest people
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enhanced Leads Identification & Targeting for Enforcement (ELITE) tool is being used to identify “targets”…
2025 saw the quiet consolidation of America’s biometric border
By the end of 2025, it was no longer credible to describe the U.S. government’s use of biometrics in immigration…
Palantir, ICE, and the quiet expansion of a biometric dragnet
The collection and analysis of personal data have long been central to the operations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
