"ICE had scanned the driver's license photos of 1 in 3 adults. ICE had access to the driver's license data of 3 in 4 adults. ICE was tracking the movements of drivers in cities home to 3 in 4 adults. ICE could locate 3 in 4 adults through their utility records. ICE built its surveillance dragnet by tapping data from private companies and state and local bureaucracies. ICE spent approximately $2.8 billion between 2008 and 2021 on new surveillance, data collection and data-sharing programs."
"Under the first and second Trump administrations, ICE ramped up its operations significantly, increasing raids in major cities far from the southern border and casting a much wider net on potential targets. ICE has most recently expanded its partnerships with sheriffs across the U.S., and deported more than 1.5 million people cumulatively under the Trump administrations (600,000 of those were just during the first year of"
ICE serves as the enforcement arm of U.S. immigration policy with a stated mission to protect America through criminal investigations and enforcing immigration laws to preserve national security and public safety. ICE scanned one-third of adults' driver's license photos and accessed driver's license data for three-quarters of adults, tracked movements of drivers in cities covering three-quarters of adults, and located three-quarters of adults using utility records. ICE built its surveillance system by tapping private companies and state and local bureaucracies and spent approximately $2.8 billion on surveillance from 2008 to 2021. A 2025 budget ten times that prior spending will fuel further expansion. ICE expanded under multiple administrations, increased raids during the Trump years, partnered more with sheriffs, and carried out over 1.5 million deportations cumulatively under Trump administrations.
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