US uses private data to track immigrants
Immigration agents deported thousands of people. They’re using private data to do it.
Swamp Notes · Financial Times
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Show Notes
A new FT investigation maps out the web of data brokers, private companies and government agencies that federal agents are using to help with their mass deportations. The FT’s Peter Andringa and Stefania Palma explain how corporate entities have created a surveillance network that can track immigrants across the country.
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