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As the protests escalate in LA, WIRED is also covering what the agency has been doing in the shadows. Recently, ICE quietly rescinded guidance that advised agents conducting courthouse raids to take steps to avoid violating state and local laws while carrying out civil immigration arrests.

wired.comICE Quietly Scales Back Rules for Courthouse RaidsA requirement that ICE agents ensure courthouse arrests don’t clash with state and local laws has been rescinded by the agency. ICE declined to explain what that means for future enforcement.

ICE is also paying software company Palantir $30 million to provide the agency with “near real-time visibility” on people self-deporting from the United States, according to a contract justification published in a federal register. The tool would also help ICE choose who to deport.

wired.comICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance PlatformIn a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.

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jandehn.comThe enemy within: America’s security servicesAmerica's beloved members of the security and armed services are increasingly doing Gestapo work for Trump. It is time to discuss this issue.

On November 6, 2024, hours after news outlets declared that Donald Trump had been elected the next president of the United States, ICE posted a notice asking companies to submit plans for how they would expand ICE’s system of ankle monitors, GPS trackers, biometric check-in technology.

wired.comICE Started Ramping Up Its Surveillance Arsenal Immediately After Donald Trump WonUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement put out a fresh call for contracts for surveillance technologies before an anticipated surge in the number of people it monitors ahead of deportation hearings.