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US immigration agencies boost AI surveillance spending to record $513M

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A new report highlights a significant increase in spending by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) on advanced surveillance technologies, including AI-powered tools. Contracts with tech companies providing these services doubled from 2024 to 2025, reaching over $310 million, and surged to a record $513 million in 2026. This spending surge is largely attributed to major contracts with Palantir and Anduril, companies central to ICE's operations and the development of AI surveillance systems. AI

IMPACT This surge in AI surveillance spending by immigration agencies raises concerns about civil liberties and the potential for misuse of advanced tracking technologies.

RANK_REASON The cluster details a significant increase in government spending on AI surveillance tools, impacting policy and technology deployment.

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US immigration agencies boost AI surveillance spending to record $513M

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. The Guardian — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Sanya Mansoor ·

    ‘We should be worried’: report sheds light on ICE’s booming arsenal of hi-tech surveillance tools

    <p>Spending on government contracts with tech firms that use AI-powered tools to track immigrants has soared to record levels under Trump 2.0, report says</p><p>A new report sheds light on the unprecedented growth of the US government’s immigration surveillance arsenal, revealing…

  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 ‘We should be worried’: report sheds light on ICE’s booming arsenal of hi-tech surveillance tools Spending on government contracts with tech firms that use AI

    🤖 ‘We should be worried’: report sheds light on ICE’s booming arsenal of hi-tech surveillance tools Spending on government contracts with tech firms that use AI-powered tools to track immigrants has soared to record levels under Trump 2.0, report saysA new report sheds light on t…

    LINKS web.archive.org/…/ice-tech-surveillance-a… web.archive.org

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