Two-year study of ICE procurement activity finds US agency has easy access to billions of data points – with little oversight
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), isn’t considered a surveillance arm of the government, but it does have access to a vast trove of data via the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and utility companies that provide heat, water and electricity. A new study has found that data it collects from those organizations and a couple others, adds up to it having data on 1 in 3 adults via license photos, 3 in 4 adults via license data, and 3 in 4 adults via utility records. Concern is that ICE is not subject to state laws – or to judicial, legislative or public oversight.