Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown 

The article details how Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has leveraged advanced technologies to intensify deportation efforts under President Donald Trump’s administration. ICE has conducted widespread raids targeting undocumented immigrants, using tools that enable extensive surveillance and identification. Among these technologies are cell-site simulators—also known as “stingrays” or IMSI catchers—that mimic cellphone towers to locate and intercept communications from nearby phones. ICE has invested over $1.5 million in customized vehicles equipped with these simulators through contracts with TechOps Specialty Vehicles, which integrates the technology into their vans. The use of cell-site simulators is controversial due to privacy concerns, as they indiscriminately collect data from all phones in the vicinity and have sometimes been deployed without warrants. Additionally, law enforcement agencies have sought to keep their use secret in court to avoid disclosing sensitive information. Facial recognition technology is another key tool in ICE’s arsenal. The agency has signed multimillion-dollar contracts with Clearview AI, a company known for