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How Palantir, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
A WIRED analysis shows that ICE and CBP have collectively spent at least $515 million on products from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Palantir in the last few years alone.
As the federal immigration crackdown has expanded across the United States, the government’s activities have relied on infrastructure from several key tech companies.
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While government monitoring of personal digital communications has traditionally been associated with authoritarian regimes such as China, the Trump regime has moved to use citizens’ personal information in unprecedented ways.
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