ICE doesn’t just knock on doors anymore — it builds dossiers. The agency relies heavily on digital surveillance to track, target, and deport immigrants. That surveillance infrastructure is built and maintained by private companies, often using tools never designed for immigration enforcement.

Data Brokers and Analytics

• Thomson Reuters (CLEAR): Sells detailed dossiers including DMV records, utility bills, credit reports, and social media activity.
• LexisNexis: Provides tools for tracking court appearances, address history, and family connections.
• Appriss Solutions: Partners with jail booking systems to deliver real-time alerts on immigrants in custody.

These aren’t just background checks — they’re live tracking tools that flag people for ICE.

Predictive Policing and Social Media Monitoring

• Palantir: Runs intelligence platforms that help ICE map social networks, identify “risks,” and generate leads.
• GEO Group’s BI Inc.: Offers ankle monitors, mobile apps, and automated check-ins that collect constant geolocation data.

Facial Recognition and Biometrics

• ICE has used DMV photos, mugshots, and surveillance camera footage to identify targets without consent.
• Software compares faces across databases without judicial oversight.
• In many cases, these tools misidentify people — but ICE acts anyway.

Why It Matters

• Surveillance replaces probable cause with algorithmic suspicion.
• People get arrested based on who they know, where they’ve been, or what they posted online.
• The tech removes the human layer — and with it, any sense of judgment, fairness, or due process.

Secrecy and Unaccountability

• Many of these contracts are sealed or redacted.
• Companies claim proprietary protection to avoid transparency.
• Public funds are used to track and deport residents — and the public can’t see how.

What We Track

• Vendor contracts
• FOIA documents
• Whistleblower reports
• Misuse incidents

We expose the architecture behind ICE’s surveillance state. This isn’t just about technology. It’s about power — and who’s selling it to the highest bidder.