ICE is reportedly using a Palantir database to compile dossiers on protestors
The filing says agents used photos, license plates and facial-recognition searches to identify at least six observers and track one border crossing until 2027.
- A newly unsealed court filing alleges that Department of Homeland Security agents compiled dossiers on ICE observers and stored them in the Palantir-built Investigative Case Management system. The lawsuit, released Friday, details surveillance conduct during a January operation in Maine.
- During 'Operation Catch of the Day' in January, an agent identified as 'Agent J.C.' allegedly tagged observers in the database as 'Threat to Law Enforcement, Professional Protestor' and shared photographs with Customs and Border Protection for facial recognition searches.
- Four Maine residents brought the proposed class action, alleging agents intimidated them by driving past their homes and logging at least six observers into the system. Attorney JoAnna Suriani with Protect Democracy stated the government treats observers as 'criminal suspects.'
- The Department of Homeland Security called the lawsuit 'meritless' and denied existence of a 'domestic terrorists' database run by DHS. Government lawyers filed a motion to dismiss, framing agents' actions as isolated lapses rather than official policy.
- Palantir Technologies has secured nearly $126 million in government contracts for the Investigative Case Management system since 2022, including $30 million awarded in 2025 to develop ImmigrationOS. The case proceeds in federal court following Friday's release.
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Maine ICE observers added to DHS database, unsealed court records say
Four Maine residents suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are seeking an injunction, barring federal agents from threatening to add observers to a database.
ICE Agents Reportedly Tagged Protest Observers as a 'Threat to Law Enforcement' in a Palantir Database
A proposed class action lawsuit alleges DHS agents profiled people observing ICE operations in Maine and entered information into Palantir's ICM system, claims the government disputes.
Lawsuit: DHS Puts ICE Observers In Palantir Database
Wired reports: An explosive and newly partially unsealed court filing alleges that the US Department of Homeland Security built up dossiers on ICE observers—including their photos, license plate numbers, and other information—and stored them in a system called the Investigative Case Management database, which was built by Palantir. Palantir did not immediately respond to requests … The post Lawsuit: DHS Puts ICE Observers In Palantir Database ap…
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