"The initiative is still at the request-for-information stage, a step agencies use to gauge interest from contractors before an official bidding process. But draft planning documents show the scheme is ambitious: ICE wants a contractor capable of staffing the centers around the clock, constantly processing cases on tight deadlines, and supplying the agency with the latest and greatest subscription-based surveillance software."
"The facilities at the heart of this plan are two of ICE's three targeting centers, responsible for producing leads that feed directly into the agency's enforcement operations. The National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center sits in Williston, Vermont. The Pacific Enforcement Response Center, based in Santa Ana, California, oversees the western region and is designed to run 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
ICE plans a multi-year social media surveillance program to hire nearly 30 contractors to analyze posts, photos, and messages from major platforms to generate leads for deportation arrests and raids. The program would operate out of two targeting centers: the National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center in Williston, Vermont, and the Pacific Enforcement Response Center in Santa Ana, California. The initiative is at the request-for-information stage to gauge contractor interest before bidding. Contractors would staff centers around the clock, processing cases on tight deadlines, supplying subscription-based surveillance software, and filling roles from program managers to rank-and-file researchers.
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