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. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at [email protected] data is to support “all aspects of ICE screening and vetting, lead development, and criminal analysis activities,” one of the documents says.
- ▪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.
- ▪Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at [email protected] data is to support “all aspects of ICE screening and vetting, lead development, and criminal analysis activities,” on
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| Publication time | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:25:58 GMT |
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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.The news comes as ICE arrested more than 51,000 people in July, many of those at airports.💡Do you work at LexisNexis, Palantir, or ICE? I…
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