DHS is a ticker tracked in our intelligence system with 6 linked articles.
US law enforcement is expanding surveillance under a newly coined category of 'anti-tech extremism,' backed by Trump-era directives and DHS/FBI reports, signaling regulatory and civil-liberties risk for AI, data centers, and related industries.
ICE awarded Bi2 Technologies a $25.1M no-bid iris-scanning contract for field operations, enabling access to a biometric database of over 5 million booking records with 1,570 devices due by late June, with no FedRAMP clearance or independent audit required.
New York will ban law enforcement, including ICE, from wearing masks on duty and bar ICE cooperation in sensitive locations, as part of a 2027 budget deal that could prompt federal legal challenges.
Democrats push the Ban Warehouse Detention Act to stop DHS/ICE from converting warehouses into immigrant detention centers, amid ICE’s acquisition of a large Salt Lake City warehouse.
The FAA issued a nationwide 21-month drone flight restriction near ICE/CBP assets, which EFF characterizes as unconstitutional and an attempt to criminalize filming immigration enforcement, with a call to rescind.
ICE disclosed it purchased and used Paragon spyware via HSI in drug-trafficking investigations, highlighting regulatory scrutiny and civil-rights concerns amid a history of contract suspensions and reactivations.
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