Vue lecture

  •  

ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir

ICE to Pay LexisNexis Millions for Data to Feed to Palantir

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to pay LexisNexis millions more dollars for continued access to data it can feed into a Palantir platform, according to newly published procurement records. The data is to help, among other sections, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), the part of ICE focused on deportation.

The documents provide some more insight into the sort of information ICE intends to use Palantir to process. In January, 404 Media revealed the existence of ELITE, a system Palantir made for ICE that helps the agency find which neighborhoods to target by bringing together data from private suppliers and government agencies.

💡
Do you work at LexisNexis, Palantir, or ICE? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at joseph@404media.co.

The news comes as ICE arrested more than 51,000 people in July, many of those at airports.

  •  

Man in Custody Over Bomb Threat at U.S. Consulate in Nova Scotia

A propane tank and several containers of what were believed to be flammable liquids were found inside the man’s vehicle in a nearby parking garage, the police in Halifax said.
  •  

Will Wisconsin Voters Think Francesca Hong Is Too Radical? Here’s Where She Stands.

The democratic socialist is the front-runner to win the Democratic primary for governor of Wisconsin on Tuesday.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Francesca Hong at a candidate forum in Prairie du Sac, Wis., in July.
  •  
❌