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ICE signs $125M surveillance data contract with Thomson Reuters after contested procurement

Public critic of predictive surveillance

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement signed a five-year, $125 million data analytics contract with Thomson Reuters Special Services on September 17. At signing the agreement showed $0.00 obligated; by October 9, federal spending records cited by the HAIA Foundation listed four orders signed September 29 worth about $7.2 million.

Updated Oct 21

Notable Quotes

"What most of the available research tells us is that you can't anywhere near consistently predict who is going to turn into a criminal. And any kind of software or AI that essentially encourages the fictitious belief that you can do that is a prescription for constitutional rights violations at scale."

from ICE signs $125M surveillance data contract with Thomson Reuters after contested procurement · Updated Oct 21