ICE 'now operates as a domestic surveillance agency,' think tank saysA study by the Center on Privacy and Technology found that ICE uses data brokers to avoid restrictions.By K. Holt, 05.10.2022
Clearview AI wins an ICE contract as it prepares to defend itself in courtIt's the sort of scenario privacy advocates feared when the public learned about Clearview.By K. Holt, 08.14.2020
ACLU sues Homeland Security over airport facial recognition recordsThe ACLU wants to know how the tech has been used at airports and borders.By C. Fisher, 03.12.2020
Federal agencies reportedly bought phone location data to track immigrantsThe government may be using the data to find leads on illegal border crossings. By I. Bonifacic, 02.07.2020
Federal judge rules suspicionless device searches at the border are illegalBorder agents will need cause or warrants to look at phones and laptops.By J. Fingas, 11.12.2019
DoJ pushes Google and Apple to ID 10,000 users of a gun scope appThe data request is part of a weapons export investigation, but it has privacy experts concerned.By C. Fisher, 09.06.2019
Senators propose legislation to protect your phone at the borderThe bill would require border agents to obtain a warrant to search Americans' devices.By C. Fisher, 05.23.2019
ACLU: border agents regularly perform 'warrantless' device searchesIt wants summary judgment in a lawsuit over border agent authority.By J. Fingas, 04.30.2019
Dozens of law enforcement agencies are helping ICE track carsMore than 9,200 ICE employees can access a database of licence plate scans, which is raising privacy concerns.By K. Holt, 03.13.2019
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement drop Blackberry for iPhone, employees get early Christmas bonusBy J. Rigg, 10.23.2012