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DOGE granted access to Justice Department case data on millions of immigrants.
On Friday, a Wired report and allegation by Rep. Gerald Connolly surfaced, saying that DOGE is creating a “cross-agency master database” of personal information for surveillance on immigrants. Today, the Washington Post reports that several staffers were granted access to the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s Courts and Appeals System (ECAS). It’s a Justice Department system that one official said has “...every record of every interaction immigrants have had with the U.S. government in any way.” > The system...is used to store records of immigrants who have interacted with the U.S. immigration system, detailing their name, addresses, previous immigration-court testimony and any history of engagement with law enforcement, among other things.
DOGE granted access to Justice Department case data on millions of immigrants. It’s a Justice Department system that one official said has “...every record of every interaction immigrants have had with the U.S. government in any way.” The system...is used to store records of immigrants who have interacted with the U.S. immigration system, detailing their name, addresses, previous immigration-court testimony and any history of engagement with law enforcement, among other things.
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