ICE Expands Immigrant Tracking Program with No-Cap Funding for Private Surveillance Firms
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Summary
ICE is expanding its immigrant tracking program by outsourcing surveillance work to private firms, removing a previous $180 million cap and offering multimillion-dollar guarantees. The program involves contractors acting as 'bounty hunters' to verify addresses of people targeted for removal through techniques like photographing residences and documenting movements. The expansion represents a significant increase in funding and scope for private surveillance of immigrants.
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Contractors would confirm home and work addresses for people targeted for removal by—among other techniques—photographing residences, documenting comings and goings
ICE lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expanding plans to outsource immigrant tracking to private surveillance firms
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