# ICE Expands Facial Recognition, Iris Scanning, Spyware and Location Tools into Unified Palantir Hub
*Canonical page:* https://truthscore.com/source/9280877f
*Machine twins:* https://truthscore.com/source/9280877f.md · JSON at https://truthscore.com/api/v1

Publisher: reddit.com · published 2026-08-15 · read 2026-09-01

Original: https://www.reddit.com/r/ObscurePatentDangers/comments/1vpbwtr/

*A source is testimony, not proof. The document itself is never republished here.*

## Who is named (10)

- [ICE Investigative Case Management system](https://truthscore.com/entity/1fed33cc)
- [Palantir platform](https://truthscore.com/entity/2ab59a46)
- [ICE](https://truthscore.com/entity/617574d8)
- [Paragon Solutions](https://truthscore.com/entity/6ed68666)
- [Clearview AI](https://truthscore.com/entity/94afc57c)
- [PenLink](https://truthscore.com/entity/9c92ee43)
- [BI2 Technologies](https://truthscore.com/entity/b6e37196)
- [Graphite spyware](https://truthscore.com/entity/bad8edc2)
- [targeting centers](https://truthscore.com/entity/bc4a0c4d)
- [Palantir Technologies](https://truthscore.com/entity/c519e31a)

## What it added

- [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.](https://truthscore.com/claim/4a1df658)
  > Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded Clearview AI a $9.2 million sole-source contract for facial recognition against a database of tens of billions of internet-scraped images and BI2 Technologies successive contracts totaling more than $29 million for mobile iris scanners and access to a private five-million-record iris database.
- [ICE awarded BI2 Technologies successive contracts totaling more than $29 million for mobile iris scanners and access to a private five-million-record iris…](https://truthscore.com/claim/3c05154f)
  > Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded Clearview AI a $9.2 million sole-source contract for facial recognition against a database of tens of billions of internet-scraped images and BI2 Technologies successive contracts totaling more than $29 million for mobile iris scanners and access to a private five-million-record iris database.
- [ICE awarded Paragon Solutions Graphite spyware capable of remote phone access.](https://truthscore.com/claim/1317b331)
  > Parallel awards cover Paragon Solutions Graphite spyware capable of remote phone access and PenLink tools that aggregate real-time commercial location data from hundreds of millions of devices without warrants.
- [ICE awarded PenLink tools that aggregate real-time commercial location data from hundreds of millions of devices without warrants.](https://truthscore.com/claim/df560184)
  > Parallel awards cover Paragon Solutions Graphite spyware capable of remote phone access and PenLink tools that aggregate real-time commercial location data from hundreds of millions of devices without warrants.
- [These streams feed ICE’s Investigative Case Management system built by Palantir Technologies.](https://truthscore.com/claim/31efb7ce)
  > These streams feed ICE’s Investigative Case Management system built by Palantir Technologies, which already performs algorithmic filtering across biometric, location, financial and open-source inputs.
- [A separate procurement seeks nearly 30 contractors for continuous social‑media monitoring at targeting centers in Vermont and California, with results intended…](https://truthscore.com/claim/1dacdd42)
  > A separate procurement seeks nearly 30 contractors for continuous social-media monitoring at targeting centers in Vermont and California, with results intended to flow into the same Palantir platform.
- [The architecture creates a single searchable repository that combines face, iris, device location and online activity.](https://truthscore.com/claim/95d8ebce)
  > The architecture creates a single searchable repository that combines face, iris, device location and online activity.
- [Prior sole‑source justifications and limited external audit requirements leave oversight gaps around purpose limitation and domestic use.](https://truthscore.com/claim/b37d3a06)
  > Prior sole-source justifications and limited external audit requirements leave oversight gaps around purpose limitation and domestic use.
- [Net risk is frictionless multi‑modal identification and tracking available for immigration and broader enforcement with minimal independent review of scale or…](https://truthscore.com/claim/7a8de7e8)
  > Net risk is frictionless multi-modal identification and tracking available for immigration and broader enforcement with minimal independent review of scale or secondary applications.

## What it cost

Reading this document into the graph cost <$0.01.