ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125M to Find Voter Fraud
ICE has entered a $125 million contract with Thomson Reuters to access massive databases of personal information for investigating voter and immigration fraud. Critics argue this move could be used to undermine the legitimacy of upcoming midterm elections.
Why it matters
The use of private data brokers by government agencies for election-related investigations raises significant privacy and civil liberty concerns.
ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’
A new procurement record says ICE wants access to personal data, including names, Social Security numbers, and ethnicity, to investigate in part what the agency calls “voters fraud.” It also plans to use the data to investigate immigration fraud.
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