ICE deploys Palantir's ELITE app to target immigrants
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency reportedly activated Palantir's ELITE application on mobile phones of newly hired deportation officers. The tool integrates government data to generate confidence scores and map locations of immigrant targets, raising privacy concerns about sensitive personal information access.
What happened
ICE activated the ELITE application, created by Palantir Technologies, on official mobile phones of newly hired deportation officers.
ELITE integrates dispersed government data into individual profiles, generates confidence scores about possible targets, and displays associated addresses on a map interface.
Reported impact
The deployment raised concerns about ICE access to sensitive personal information of immigrants and others, including addresses, immigration records, background information, and personal identification data.
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Sources and evidence
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