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Original Date Announced
April 18, 2025ICE 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.
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2025.04.17 ICE Limited Sources Justification for 70CTD022FR0000170Effective Date
April 17, 2025Subsequent Trump and Court Action
October 3, 20252025.10.03 Reported: ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team -WIRED
WIRED reports that ICE is seeking to contract with nearly 30 companies to conduct social media monitoring intended to gather “intelligence for deportation raids and arrests.” The proposal remains at the "request-for-information" stage, in which agencies assess contractor interest before initiating a formal bidding process. According to the article, the plan calls for continuous monitoring with defined turnaround times and seeks to incorporate advanced surveillance and case management technologies from companies such as ShadowDragon, Clearview AI, and Palantir to enhance ICE’s operational capabilities.
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NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Change in PracticeSubject Matter: Enforcement Immigrant VisasAgencies Affected: ICEAssociated or Derivative Policies
- February 9, 2017 POTUS issues EO 13773, prioritizing enforcement against transnational crime
- January 20, 2025 EO 14159: "Protecting the American People Against Invasion"
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Trump-Era Policy Documents
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New Policy
Original Source:
Award Notice for $30 million ICE Contract with Palantir
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Commentary
2025.04.18 Wired - ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform
Wired reports that ICE is paying Palantir $30 million for a program that would provide “near real-time visibility” on people self-deporting from the U.S. The tool will also help ICE in targeting, giving special priority to “visa overstays.”
Go to article2025.05.02 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.
Go to article2025.08.21 American Immigration Council - ICE to Use ImmigrationOS by Palantir, a New AI System, to Track Immigrants’ Movements
The American Immigration Council raises civil liberties concerns about ICE's partnership with Palantir, warning that errors in the system can lead to detention, loss of legal status, or wrongful deportation. Accordingly, strong oversight is essential to mitigate the risk of error. AIC also highlights the tension between accuracy and privacy because while targeting may be more precise, it will come at the cost of intrusive access to personal information.
Go to article2025.09.22 The Guardian - Documents offer rare insight on Ice’s close relationship with Palantir
The Guardian reports on ICE's use of Palantir products and services. According to internal ICE documents, DHS investigations "used Palantir platforms and apps to track air travel, analyze information like driver's license scans and track people's locations using cell phone records." Until 2022, Falcon, an app that Palantir custom-built for ICE, was used to track agents' and targets' locations during enforcement operations, record and share information from in-person encounters real-time, and search federal and privately owned databases for names, locations, vehicles, and passport information.
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