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…
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ICE advances sole source deal with Palantir for new surveillance backbone
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing to move forward with a sole-source contract to Palantir Technologies for the…
Palantir’s ImmigrationOS fuels Trump administration’s immigrant removal agenda
In April 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) awarded a $30 million contract to Palantir Technologies to develop ImmigrationOS,…
Expect shift in US border strategy to pay dividends for biometrics, surveillance tech providers
The expansion of technological tools in immigration enforcement represents a dramatic shift in how the United States government approaches border…
Governments looking into advanced surveillance, biometric tech to contain coronavirus
Governments are looking into surveillance, geolocation and biometric facial recognition technology that might violate user data privacy, out of desperation…
