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Involved in

• The outlets found much of the most sensitive storage still locked, and the key that opened the rest stored on the unit.

• Paragon Solutions Graphite spyware is capable of remote phone access.

• 404 Media and WIRED published a joint analysis of files from a Flock Safety camera taken off a roadway.

Statements attributed to it

• In 2020 and 2021, ICE bought access to ShadowDragon’s SocialNet, a tool that aggregates data from more than 200 social networks into searchable maps of a person’s connections.

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• Last month, 404 Media filed a freedom of information lawsuit demanding ICE release the contract and related records.

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• ICE reactivated the Paragon contract in August 2025 under the Trump administration.

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• ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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• ICE awarded Paragon Solutions Graphite spyware capable of remote phone access.

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• Around the same time, ICE contracted with Babel Street for Locate X, which supplies location histories from ordinary smartphone apps, letting investigators reconstruct people’s movements without a warrant.

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• The American Civil Liberties Union argued that buying bulk datasets such as smartphone location trails helps ICE sidestep warrant requirements and pull in vast amounts of data with no clear link to its enforcement mandate.

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• ICE is seeking private vendors to run a multiyear surveillance program out of two targeting centers.

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• ICE’s proposal to track negative sentiment is a clear example of how the agency’s threat monitoring bleeds into the policing of dissent.

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• The Biden White House quickly froze the deal under an executive order restricting spyware use.

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• ICE awarded Clearview AI a $9.2 million sole-source contract for facial recognition against a database of tens of billions of internet-scraped images.

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• California would host a larger, nonstop watch floor with 16 staff, at least one senior analyst and three researchers on duty at all times.

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• Draft planning documents show the scheme is ambitious and that ICE wants a contractor capable of staffing the centers around the clock.

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• Vermont would see a team of a dozen contractors, including a program manager and 10 analysts.

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• Contractors would have access to commercial databases LexisNexis Accurint and Thomson Reuters CLEAR.

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• Contractors are expected to collect open‑source intelligence from public posts, photos, and messages on platforms including Facebook, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Russia’s VKontakte.

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• Planning documents say contractors are barred from creating fake profiles, interacting online, or storing personal data on their own networks, and all analysis must remain on ICE servers.

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• The program envisions stationing nearly 30 private analysts at ICE facilities in Vermont and Southern California.

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• The initiative is still at the request‑for‑information stage.

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• Procurement records reviewed by 404 Media identified software used by ICE to build dossiers on flagged individuals, compiling personal details, family links, and facial recognition to connect images across the web.

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• The National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center sits in Williston, Vermont.

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• ICE’s main investigative database, built by Palantir Technologies, already uses algorithmic analysis to filter huge populations and generate leads.

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• ICE expects at least three‑quarters of all cases to meet the deadlines, with top contractors hitting closer to 95 percent.

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• The Electronic Privacy Information Center sued ICE, calling its reliance on data brokers a significant threat to privacy and liberty.

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• ICE also adopted LexisNexis Accurint, used by agents to look up addresses, vehicles, and associates.

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• The Pacific Enforcement Response Center is based in Santa Ana, California.

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• Urgent cases must be researched within 30 minutes; high‑priority cases within one hour; lower‑priority leads within the workday.

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Voices are counted, never weighed. This is a record of what this entity has been recorded as saying — not a measure of whether it is right.

Published documents

• ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Track record

1 document · 30 claims produced · 0 contradicted

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