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Palantir granted $30 million to build "ImmigrationOS" surveillance platform for ICE

  1. Original Date Announced

    April 18, 2025

    ICE granted a $30 million contract to longtime contractor Palantir Technologies to develop "ImmigrationOS," a surveillance platform. (Federal Contract ID: 70CTD022FR0000170) According to a contract justification document, this modification to a previous ICE contract with Palantir is in support of Presidential Executive Orders including EO 14159 and EO 13773. ImmigrationOS is designed for three main functions: (1) to streamline the identification and apprehension of individuals prioritized for removal, such as "violent criminals," gang members, and visa overstays; (2) to accurately track and report self-deportations with "near real-time visibility;" and (3) to make deportation logistics more efficient by improving how individuals are identified and removed from the U.S. Palantir is expected to deliver a prototype by September 2025.

    Trump 2.0 [ID #1692]

    2025.04.17 ICE Limited Sources Justification for 70CTD022FR0000170
  2. Effective Date

    April 17, 2025

Current Status

Fully in Effect

Original Trump Policy Status

Status: Final/Actual
Trump Administration Action: Change in Practice
Subject Matter: Enforcement Immigrant Visas
Agencies Affected: ICE

Commentary

  • 2025.04.18: Wired - ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform

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  • 2025.05.02 USA Today: Big Tech takes on immigration with new migrant tracking software for ICE

    USA Today reports that the U.S. government awarded a $30 million no-bid contract to Palantir to build a new system called “ImmigrationOS” to help ICE track and target immigrants for deportation. Civil liberties groups warn that systems like ImmigrationOS pose significant risks to the general public, in part because it's unclear how the system would be limited only to people living illegally in the U.S. Such a system, they warn, could easily be expanded to target any American.

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