ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database

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What we can confirm

A newly unsealed court filing, as reported by WIRED, alleges that Department of Homeland Security personnel compiled dossiers on people observing ICE operations, including photographs, and stored the information in the Palantir-built Investigative Case Management system. The filing also alleges that photographs were sent to a CBP officer for facial-recognition searches. The wording “ICE” is somewhat broader than the filing’s description of DHS and ICE Homeland Security Investigations personnel, and the underlying allegations may still be litigated, but the core assertion is supported by the available reporting.