ICE Uses Palantir App Accessing Health Records to Target Immigration Enforcement Operations
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Summary
US immigration agents are using a Palantir-developed analytics app called Enhanced Leads Identification and Targeting for Enforcement (Elite) that accesses health records from the Department of Health and Human Services, along with other data sources, to identify and locate individuals deemed illegal immigrants. The tool, which reportedly pulls names, addresses, and photos from health records, functions like Google Maps to help ICE agents target areas for detention raids. This revelation comes amid increased scrutiny of ICE following the shooting of a nurse in Minneapolis.
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Data from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is being fed—along with other commercial and public datasets—into an analytics app developed by Palantir.
Enhanced Leads Identification and Targeting for Enforcement (Elite), maps areas to help agents decide where to conduct detention raids.
Elite pulls names, addresses, and photos from health records. It reportedly works like Google Maps, showing ICE agents which areas have higher …
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