Palantir, ICE, and the AI Dragnet

[Luis Gonzalez]

Palantir, ICE, and the AI Dragnet

When predictive data tools meet immigration enforcement, civil liberties are no longer theoretical.

The Last Wire

In my previous article, I examined the controversy surrounding Kim Dotcom’s claim that Palantir was hacked. But the larger issue is not one allegation. It is the system itself.

Palantir’s software integrates immigration records, financial data, travel patterns, social connections, and behavioral modeling into a unified analytical platform used by ICE and other federal agencies.

Artificial intelligence flags patterns.

Algorithms prioritize targets.

Decisions that once required human investigation now move at machine speed.

This is not about whether immigration laws should be enforced.

It is about what happens when centralized data and predictive AI operate with limited public transparency.

When enforcement is guided by models few citizens understand, and even fewer lawmakers can audit, oversight becomes an afterthought.

The question is no longer whether AI will shape enforcement policy. It already does.

The question is who controls it, who audits it, and how far it expands.

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[Cyber Liberty]

These are interesting questions that must be explored!  Sooner or later (probably sooner) unscrupulous actors are going to get their dirty hands on these tools.  Imagine what will happen if another Garland or Barr were to exploit them! We would be looking back with nostalgia when the AG was merely incompetent.