Here is the Agreement Giving ICE Medicaid Patients’ Data
On Tuesday, ICE was allowed to continue using Medicaid data in deportation cases.
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CBP Deploys Predator Drones, Black Hawks to Surveil Downtown LA
At least two MQ-9 Reaper, or Predator B, drones circled downtown Los Angeles on Sunday and Monday without call signs.
No Postal Service Data Sharing to Deport Immigrants
According to a Washington Post report, the Postal Inspection Service had “quietly begun cooperating with federal immigration officials to locate people suspected of being in the country illegally.”
GAO Report Shows the Government Uses Face Recognition with No Accountability, Transparency, or Training
Federal agents are using face recognition software without training, policies, or oversight, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Homeland Security Justifies Invasion of Portland by Claiming Shields and Gas Masks are Weapons
DHS’ Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli claimed that defensive tools like Shields and Gas Masks were evidence that protesters were making “preparations for violence.”
‘Beyond Barbaric’: Internal Govt Report Reveals Migrants Forced to Stand on Toilets for Breathing Space at Overcrowded US Detention Center
A not-yet released report by the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General, reported CNN on Friday, has found “dangerous overcrowding” and unsanitary conditions at an El Paso, Texas, Border Patrol processing facility following an unannounced inspection.
Hunger-Striking Immigrants in US Subjected to Nasal Force-Feeding at ICE Detention Center
ICE officials are force-feeding six immigrants through plastic nasal tubes in response to a hunger strike by 11 detainees — some rejecting food for over a month — inside a Texas detention facility, according to a new report by The Associated Press.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says 11 detainees at the El Paso Processing Center have been refusing food, some for more than 30 days.
DHS Wants to Track & Analyze Media ‘Sentiment’ of Journalists & Social Media “Influencers”
The US Department of Homeland Security is looking to build a media monitoring database. When some reporters objected, a DHS spokesman dismissed their concerns as fodder for “black helicopter conspiracy theorists.”