-
Original Date Announced
August 18, 2025Visaverge reports that ICE used the Transaction Record Analysis Center (TRAC), a nonprofit database created to fight cash smuggling and money laundering, to arrest a Hawaii resident after he sent money to relatives in Mexico. Commentators have deemed this to be "among the first known cases where agents used money transfer information . . . to locate a target."
TRAC started pursuant to a settlement in 2010 between Western Union and the State of Arizona. In 2023, an investigation by Senator Ron Wyden revealed that ICE and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) were issuing subpoenas to TRAC under the Biden Administration, a practice subsequently terminated. Nonetheless, companies continued to provide information to TRAC, and the reporting is that ICE uses TRAC for immigration enforcement and deportation actions under the second Trump administration.
Trump 2.0 [ID #1984]
2025.08.18 ICE Used Remittance Records To Arrest Immigrant Who Sent Cash Home - VisavergeEffective Date
September 15, 2025Subsequent Trump and Court Action
September 15, 20252025.09.15 Many ICE Agents Lose Ability to Spy on Immigrants' Payments to Family Back Home - The Intercept
Following public records requests by The Intercept, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that in late June, "agents from ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) . . . wing have been 'de-platformed'" and that agents and officials who misused the data were also barred from accessing TRAC. Mayes said she continued to "support the use of this data to assist law enforcement in our mission of defeating transnational drug cartels," but that the "data is not and has never been intended to be used for immigration purposes.” According to Mayes' office, "until recently, TRAC users could select 'something else' as the predicate offense" when querying TRAC data, but "[t]his option has been removed, and TRAC users must now select a specific racketeering offense as defined under Arizona state law." A spokesperson stated that "[t]he AG’s Office is working with TRAC to implement additional restrictions to prevent the database from being used for immigration purposes."
Trump 2.0 [ID #1984]
View DocumentCurrent Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Reported Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Change in PracticeSubject Matter: Detention EnforcementAgencies Affected: ICE DHS State & Local Entities
To provide information, corrections, or feedback, please email IPTP.feedback@gmail.com
To provide information, corrections, or feedback, please email IPTP.feedback@gmail.com