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ICE seeks proprietary data and tech to monitor up to a million people
The DHS component published an RFI seeking the services of a company to scour data sources and help identify “potentially criminal and fraudulent behavior before crime and fraud can materialize.”
The contractor, according to a detailed document included in the posting, is supposed to use a wide range of data, including its own, to help determine, for example, whether people or entities are “violating or attempting to violate U.S. immigration and customs laws or participating in government programs through potentially fraudulent misrepresentation.” The agency said agents and other ICE staffers require data analytics support for screening and vetting, developing leads for analyzing criminal activity, and conducting analysis of criminal networks and associations. “We know that comprehensive surveillance of the U.S. population is a goal of this administration and the scope of this RFI reflects that ambition,” Emily Tucker, executive director at Georgetown Law’s Center for Privacy and Technology, told FedScoop. Dave Maass of the Electronic Frontier Foundation noted that “in the modern age, when we think about ICE, we have to recognize it’s not just sworn officers anymore, but a network of private intelligence contractors who get paid to probe a vast array of data.
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