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ICE hiring 142 intelligence contractors for raid targeting

Original: # ICE 🚨is hiring 142 intel contractors with top secret clearances to collect & analyze info to inform raid targets. "Loo

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking to hire 142 intelligence contractors holding top secret clearances to collect and analyze information used to identify targets for deportation raids. Critics, including surveillance experts cited in the discussion, say the move looks like the construction of an internal spying agency and a dangerous expansion of ICE's ability to reach into private data and people's lives.

Why now: Concerns over surveillance and immigration enforcement expansion under ICE are drawing sharp public criticism

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• # ICE 🚨is hiring 142 intel contractors with top secret clearances to collect & analyze info to inform raid targets. "Looks dangerously like the construction of an internal spying agency." # Surveillance program:🚨experts said➡️sig expansion of ICEs ability to reach into private… · KimPerales@toad.social · 4

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