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The DHS plans to pay Thomson Reuters $125 million for access to personal data to investigate alleged voter fraud and immigration fraud, raising privacy and civil liberties concerns.

ICE plans to renew a contract with Thomson Reuters subsidiary TRSS for up to $25 million per year to access data tools for identifying unaccompanied minors and fraud, marking a significant expansion of data-driven immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.

The article reports that ICE's Office of Professional Responsibility has opened over 100 investigations into online critics of Trump's immigration policies, sending agents to people's homes and issuing warnings for speech that may not be illegal. The practice raises First Amendment concerns and involves subpoenas to tech companies for user identities.

ICE's internal watchdog, the Office of Professional Responsibility, is investigating civilians for online posts critical of ICE agents, raising First Amendment concerns.

A former Meta employee, laid off in a recent round of cuts, was reportedly detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raising concerns among colleagues about the company's support for immigrant workers amid heightened enforcement.

ICE denies having a protester database, but a letter to Congress reveals the agency collects information on individuals involved in protests, including those not arrested, amid concerns over surveillance of U.S. citizens.

The Department of Justice has sued four states for refusing to allow ICE agents to register undercover license plates, alleging constitutional violations and risks from doxing, while evidence of increased doxing from monitoring sites remains scarce.

ICE awarded a $25.1 million no-bid iris-scanning contract to Bi2 Technologies, significantly expanding its biometric capabilities for field operations with over 1,570 devices and access to millions of booking records, without requiring FedRAMP security clearance or independent oversight.

Palantir held a hack week to build new oversight tools for its software used by ICE and DHS, allowing organizations to monitor user behavior and set alerts for concerning actions.