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Emails show how ICE uses datasets from data brokers like Thomson Reuters alongside social media sleuthing to track down suspected illegal immigrants

Emails sent by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials expose how ICE used social media and information gleaned by for-profit data brokers …

The Intercept Max Rivlin-Nadler

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  • @jessicaramos Jessica Ramos on x
    ICE's reliance on social media to track, arrest & deport noncitizens is deeply invasive & an infringement of the privacy people are falsely promised. We need to hold companies accountable & do better to protect the dignity of people in our community. https://theintercept.com/...
  • @theintercept @theintercept on x
    ICE ultimately arrested the person after he “checked in” to a Home Depot on Facebook. https://theintercept.com/...
  • @mollycrabapple Molly Crabapple on x
    “officials noted that he was “broken hearted,” according to Facebook posts, and confirmed his identity through pictures posted at his father's birthday. ICE ultimately arrested the person after he “checked in” to a Home Depot on Facebook.” https://theintercept.com/...
  • @theintercept @theintercept on x
    ICE emails provide a rare inside look at the agency's use of Facebook and commercial data brokers to track down an immigrant. https://theintercept.com/...