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Always Watching: How ICE’s Plan to Monitor Social Media 24/7 Threatens Privacy and Civic Participation

ICE plans to pay private contractors bonuses for locating immigrants using surveillance of up to 1 million people, including social media and digital tracking, the procurement document shows.

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ICE's surveillance gaze is likely to sweep across millions of people's social media posts. Westend61/Westend61 via Getty ImagesWhen most people think about immigration enforcement, they picture border crossings and airport checkpoints. But the new front line may be your social media feed. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has published a request for information for private-sector contractors to launch a round-the-clock social media monito…

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The Intercept broke the news in New York, United States on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
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