Heres the tech powering ICEs deportation crackdown | TechCrunch

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  • ICE has signed a $3.75 million contract with facial-recognition company Clearview AI.
  • In September 2024, ICE signed a contract worth $2 million with Israeli spyware maker Paragon Solutions.
  • Paragon has been ensnared in a spyware scandal in Italy, where the government has been accused of spying on journalists and immigration activists.
  • It's unclear if the spyware will be used by ICE or HSI, an agency whose investigations cover online child sexual exploitation, human trafficking, financial fraud, and more.
President Donald Trump made countering immigration one of his flagship issues during last years presidential campaign, promising an unprecedented number of deportations.In his first eight months i [+7319 chars]

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