{"id":2003,"date":"2025-01-25T13:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T13:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-surveillance-tools-that-could-power-trumps-immigration-crackdown\/"},"modified":"2025-01-25T13:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T13:16:10","slug":"the-surveillance-tools-that-could-power-trumps-immigration-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/the-surveillance-tools-that-could-power-trumps-immigration-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump\u2019s Immigration Crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Apps and ankle monitors that track asylum seekers in real time wherever they go. Databases packed with personal information like fingerprints and faces. Investigative tools that can break into locked phones and search through gigabytes of emails, text messages and other files.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">These are pieces of a technology arsenal available to President Trump as he aims to crack down on illegal immigration and carry out the largest <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/22\/us\/politics\/laken-riley-act.html\" title=\"\">deportation<\/a> operation in American history. To do so, his administration can tap a stockpile of tools built up by Democrats and Republicans that is nearly unmatched in the Western world, according to an analysis by The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A review of nearly 15,000 contracts shows that two agencies \u2014 Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Citizen and Immigration Services \u2014 have spent $7.8 billion on immigration technologies from 263 companies since 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The contracts, most of which were initiated under the Biden administration, included ones for tools that can rapidly prove family relationships with a DNA test to check whether, say, an adult migrant crossing the border with a minor are related. (Families are often treated differently from individuals.) Other systems compare biometrics against criminal records, alert agents to changes in address, follow cars with license plate readers, and rip and analyze data from phones, hard drives and cars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The contracts, which ranged in size, were for mundane tech like phone services as well as advanced tools from big and small companies. Palantir, the provider of data-analysis tools that was co-founded by the billionaire <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/14\/technology\/republican-trump-peter-thiel.html\" title=\"\">Peter Thiel<\/a>, received more than $1 billion over the past four years. Venntel, a provider of location data, had seven contracts with ICE totaling at least $330,000 between 2018 and 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Biden administration used many of these technologies for immigration enforcement, including in investigations of drug trafficking, human smuggling and transnational gang activity. How Mr. Trump may apply the tools is unknown, especially as the whereabouts of many immigrants are known and the government faces a shortage of officers and facilities to detain people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Mr. Trump has already made clear that his immigration agenda is strikingly different from his predecessor\u2019s. This week, he announced a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/22\/us\/politics\/trump-border-asylum-explainer.html\" title=\"\">barrage of executive actions<\/a> to lock down the borders and expel migrants and those seeking asylum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAll illegal entry will immediately be halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came,\u201d Mr. Trump said at his <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/01\/20\/us\/trump-inauguration-speech-annotated.html\" title=\"\">inauguration<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Tech products are almost certain to feature in those plans. Thomas Homan, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/17\/us\/politics\/trump-border-czar-thomas-homan.html\" title=\"\">the administration\u2019s border czar<\/a>, has discussed meeting with tech companies about available tools.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey\u2019ll certainly use all tools at their disposal, including new tech available to them,\u201d said John Torres, a former acting assistant secretary for ICE.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A White House spokesman declined to comment. ICE said in a statement that it \u201cemploys various forms of technology, and information to fulfill its mission, while protecting privacy, and civil rights and liberties in accordance with applicable laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Eric Hysen, the chief information officer for the Homeland Security Department under President Biden, said ICE and other immigration agencies have vast responsibilities. Many tools were designed for investigations of drug traffickers and other criminals, not tracking migrants, he said, while other technology like license plate readers could be used to ease traffic at border crossings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The federal government has had longstanding internal policies to limit how surveillance tools could be used, but those restrictions can be lifted by a new administration, Mr. Hysen added. \u201cThose are things that can change, but they are not easy to change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-606b65d3\">Creating an arsenal<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The buildup of immigration tech goes back to at least the creation of the Homeland Security Department after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Interest in the tools fueled a boom that is expected to grow under Mr. Trump. Leaders in Europe and elsewhere are also investing in the technologies as some adopt increasingly restrictive immigration policies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many companies are racing to meet the demand, offering gear to fortify borders and services to track immigrants once they are inside a country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the United States, the beneficiaries include the makers of GPS tracking devices, digital forensics tools and data brokers. Palantir and others won contracts with ICE for storing and analyzing data. Thomson Reuters, Lexis Nexis and credit rating companies provide access to databases of personal information that can help government agents find the homes, workplaces and social connections of citizens and noncitizens alike.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/18\/technology\/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html\" title=\"\">Clearview AI<\/a>, a facial recognition firm, had contracts worth nearly $9 million, according to government records. <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/17\/technology\/fbi-iphones.html\" title=\"\">Cellebrite<\/a>, an Israeli phone-cracking company, sold ICE about $54 million in investigative tools. The F.B.I. famously used Cellebrite tools in 2016 to unlock the iPhone of a mass shooter in San Bernardino, Calif., to aid the investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Investors have taken note. The stock price of Geo Group, a private prison operator that sells monitoring technology to ICE, has more than doubled since Mr. Trump won November\u2019s election. Cellebrite\u2019s shares have also nearly doubled in the past six months and Palantir\u2019s shares have risen nearly 80 percent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Tom Hogan, Cellebrite\u2019s interim chief executive, said the company was proud to help \u201ckeep our homeland and borders safe with our technology.\u201d Thomson Reuters said in a statement that its technology is used by agencies to support investigations into child exploitation, human trafficking, drug smuggling and transnational gang activity. Lexis Nexis, Clearview and Palantir did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In an investor call in November, Wayne Calabrese, Geo Group\u2019s chief operating officer, said the company expected the \u201cTrump administration to take a much more expansive approach to monitoring the several millions of individuals\u201d who were going through immigration proceedings but had not been detained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe have assured ICE of our capability to rapidly scale up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a statement for this article, Geo Group, based in Boca Raton, Fla., said it looked forward to supporting the Trump administration \u201cas it moves quickly to achieve its announced plans and objectives for securing the country\u2019s borders and enforcing its immigration laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-530cc1ed\">Tracking locations<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One technology that may be used immediately in mass deportations can identify the exact location of immigrants, experts said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">About 180,000 undocumented immigrants wear an ankle bracelet with a GPS tracking device, or use an app called SmartLink that requires them to log their whereabouts at least once a day. Made by a Geo Group subsidiary, the technology is used in a program called Alternatives to Detention. The program began in 2004 and expanded during the Biden administration to digitally surveil people instead of holding them in detention centers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Location data collected through the program has been used in at least one ICE raid, according to a court document reviewed by The Times. In August 2019, during the first Trump administration, government agents followed the location of a woman who was being tracked as part of the program. That helped the agents obtain a search warrant for a chicken processing plant in Mississippi, where raids across the state resulted in the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/07\/us\/ice-raids-mississippi.html\" title=\"\">detention of roughly 680 immigrants<\/a> with uncertain legal status.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Sejal Zota, the legal director of Just Futures Law, a group that opposes government surveillance programs, said the Trump administration would likely need to rely on digital surveillance tools as it would be impossible to physically detain vast numbers of individuals without legal status.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhile this administration wants to scale up detention, and I believe that it will find ways to do that, it will take time,\u201d she said. \u201cI think that this program will continue to remain important as a method to surveil and control people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-13b45d08\">Troves of data<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Trump administration also has access to private databases with biometrics, addresses and criminal records. Agents can obtain records of utility bills for roughly three-quarters of Americans and driver\u2019s licenses for a third of Americans, according to a 2022 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/americandragnet.org\/sites\/default\/files\/American_Dragnet_report_English_final.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a> by Georgetown University.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">These tools could potentially be used to track people high on ICE\u2019s priority list, like those with a criminal history or people who do not show up for immigration court hearings. Investigators could use the databases to find someone\u2019s automobile information, then use license plate readers to pinpoint their location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During the first Trump administration, ICE could access driver\u2019s license data through private companies in states like Oregon and Washington, even after the state tried cutting off access to the information to the federal government, according to the Georgetown study.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Torres, the former ICE official, said this information was critical for agents to find people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe know people give false addresses,\u201d he said. Agents can use \u201cbig data sharing to triangulate their location based on habits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That has raised privacy concerns. \u201cPrivacy harms may seem theoretical on paper, but they\u2019re never theoretical for vulnerable people on the front lines,\u201d said Justin Sherman, a distinguished fellow at Georgetown Law\u2019s Center on Privacy and Technology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During the Biden administration, ICE also bought software from Babel Street, a tech company that gathers data from thousands of publicly available websites and other sources. Its services can assess people as potential security risks based on data. Babel Street did not respond to requests for comment. ICE has also paid about a dozen companies for software that can be used to overcome passcodes, surface deleted files and analyze email inboxes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some immigration experts have questioned how much of this technology the Trump administration may use. Some tools are most relevant for targeted investigations, not for widespread deportations, said Dave Maass, the director of investigations at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a civil liberties group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhat they are buying and what is actually useful may be totally different things,\u201d said Mr. Maass. Regardless, he said, tech companies \u201care going to make a lot of money.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-643d6e36\"><span>Methodology<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">The New York Times analyzed government contract data from usaspending.gov. The data covered spending from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Citizenship and Immigration Services from 2020 to the present. The Times filtered the data to technology-related contracts, using recipient information and contract description. The Times looked at money that had been spent, not just pledged, to calculate the total spending and total number of tech companies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/25\/technology\/trump-immigration-deportation-surveillance.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apps and ankle monitors that track asylum seekers in real time wherever they go. 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